PLA Workshop 1

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PLA Workshop 1 is the introductory course in the Prior Learning Assessment Certificate Program. This online workshop traverses the landscape of Prior Learning Assessment (PLA). You will come away from it familiar with the language of PLA, a set of standards for the assessment of learning and the procedural steps to run an assessment process. The workshop will also heighten your awareness of the numerous decision points required in both the assessment of learning and the establishment of a PLA program.

This introductory workshop assumes little-to-no prior experience with PLA as a concept or set of practices and is intended to help novices in the field build expertise.

For More Information, Contact:

Janie Rollinson
Email: jrollin1@depaul.edu
Phone: +1 312-362-5792

  • Adult learning practitioners
  • Faculty and administrators in higher education
  • Professional association education developers
  • Employees of institutions interested in developing a professional portfolio assessment system

This workshop will help you develop the following competencies:

  • Determining college level learning from experience
  • Discriminating between college level and pre-college level learning
  • Conducting proper assessments of student learning
  • Advising/guiding students in preparing evidence for assessment of learning
  • Learning from experience- the premise of PLA
  • Identifying creditable learning from experience
  • Advising students in the identification and preparation of assessable evidence of learning
  • The Standards of Prior Learning Assessment
  • The steps of assessing prior learning
  • Educational and philosophical decisions that accompany PLA

What are the system requirements this program?

The program is delivered online with some offline assignments.

You will need a computer (IBM Compatible PC or Apple Macintosh) with:

  • Internet access (Broadband preferred, dial-up is acceptable)
  • Internet browser (Microsoft Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox
  • Email
  • Microsoft Word
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader

The program is taught asynchronously - you can take it anywhere, anytime you have access to the above. However, there is a weekly schedule you are expected to keep.

 

Is there a required text?

Image of the front cover of the Assessing Learning textbook

Yes. Assessing Learning, 3rd edition [2017] by the Council For Adult Experiential Learning (CAEL), Donna Younger, and Catherine Marineau will be mailed to you as you start the program.

What is the weekly time commitment for the workshops?

On average you should spend five to seven hours weekly on the workshops. The best way to do this is to spread the hours over the week, perhaps half an hour each evening or during lunch, then longer at the weekend.

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Price: $850.00

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