Life is a legitimate classroom. OH. MY. GOSH. THIS. IS. GOOD! Read this: A Letter From a Hybrid Student Then think about these two points that Teo makes: 1) “…it takes courage to assert that one’s life is a legitimate classroom.” 2) “Our lives are our source material; our histories, a text worthy of exploring [...]
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Life Is A Legitimate Classroom
Posted in Adult Learners, Assessment, Education, Experience, Higher Education, Learning, PLA, tagged adultlearners, Assessment, education, experience, highereducation, Learning, PLA on May 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Power Of Peer Review
Posted in Adult Learners, Higher Education, PLA, tagged adultlearners, highereducation, PLA on May 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Jennifer Goff-Hawkins, a Business and Leadership major at Marylhurst University, recently earned 30 credits through Prior Learning Assessment. She submitted PLA essays for topics that represented her learning from her personal and professional experiences: Listening Small Group Communication Leadership Communication Health Information Management Conflict Management Organizational Communication Nonverbal Communication Great Meetings Strategic Listening for the [...]
Write What You Know, Despite Highs and Lows
Posted in Adult Learners, Higher Education, PLA, Writing, tagged adultlearners, highereducation, PLA, Writing on May 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Amy Webber, an English Literature and Writing major at Marylhurst University completed her 37-credit Prior Learning Assessment Portfolio—Congratulations, Amy! Using her personal experiences as well as those from her professional life as an educator, Amy matched her knowledge and skills with college-level learning in the following areas: Listening Public Speaking Child Development: Prenatal through Age [...]
Balancing Prior Learning With New Learning
Posted in Adult Learners, Higher Education, PLA, tagged adultlearners, highereducation, PLA on April 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Congratulations to Jodie Johnson, an Interdisciplinary Studies major with concentrations in Religious Studies and Human Studies, who recently completed her Prior Learning Assessment Portfolio. Jodie earned 33 credits based on knowledge she gained through both her professional and personal experiences! She wrote nine PLA essays on the following topics: Interpersonal Communication Business Ethics Real Estate [...]
Disrupting Assessment
Posted in Assessment, Change, Experience, Higher Education, Learning, PLA, Reflection on April 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
[Reader Beware: This might be the most prattlenogging I've done in a long time ... it's a long one, but it's a kernel of something good and important, I think. Well, *I* think. You tell me! Comments encouraged.] Randy Bass recently wrote this AMAZING FABULOUS INCREDIBLE INSIGHTFUL BRILLIANT (etc. etc.) article in the March / [...]
Time Management, Planning, And Proofreading Result In 35 credits!
Posted in Adult Learners, Higher Education, PLA, Time Management, Writing, tagged adultlearners, highereducation, PLA, time, Writing on December 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Bobbi Stedman, a Business and Leadership major, recently completed her Prior Learning Assessment Portfolio, earning 35 credits for knowledge that she gained through her professional and personal experiences. She wrote for the following courses: Team Building: Managing Work Groups Great Meetings! Planning and Facilitating Difficult Group Discussion Leadership Communication Managing Transitions Conflict Management Negotiation Legal [...]
He Learned A Lot In High School (Working There!)
Posted in Adult Learners, Higher Education, PLA, tagged adultlearners, highereducation, PLA on December 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Greg Carradine, a Human Communication major, recently completed his 32-credit Prior Learning Assessment Portfolio — CONGRATULATIONS, GREG! Greg used his personal experiences as well as those from his professional life as a high school teacher and athletic coach to demonstrate his college-level competency for these courses: Effective Listening Small Group Communication Conflict Management Nonverbal Communication [...]
67 Years of Learning! Next Step? Graduate School!
Posted in Adult Learners, Higher Education, PLA, tagged adultlearners, highereducation, PLA on December 20, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Velda Metelmann recently completed her undergraduate degree in Interdisciplinary Studies, with concentrations in English Literature & Writing and Human Studies, and is now in a graduate program to earn her Masters! Congratulations, Velda! As part of her undergraduate program, Velda earned 25 credits for the following courses through Prior Learning Assessment: Effective Listening Public Presentations [...]
One Year Closer To Graduating Because Of PLA!
Posted in Adult Learners, Experience, Higher Education, PLA, tagged adultlearners, Assessment, experience, highereducation, PLA on December 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Carleen Walsh, an Interdisciplinary Studies major with concentrations in Early Childhood Education, Psychology, and Literature, recently completed her Prior Learning Assessment Portfolio, earning 45 credits for knowledge she gained through her professional and personal experiences – that’s the maximum number of PLA credits a Marylhurst student can earn! Here is a list of the courses [...]
So How, Exactly, Will Learning Be Assessed?
Posted in Adult Learners, Assessment, Employment, Experience, Learning, PLA, Technology, Work, tagged adultlearners, Assessment, badges, Employment, experience, Learning, PLA, Technology, Work on November 2, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I am trying to understand badges. Given my background with Prior Learning Assessment programs and other forms of experiential learning, I totally get the idea conceptually. (Hey – I know a few boy and girl scouts too! They’ve earned badges for things they learned and could do too, right?) Apparently, with a badge: You can [...]
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