CAEL, the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning, published a study last week about PLA — Prior Learning Assessment. What is PLA? Here’s a nifty synopsis of it from the Introduction to the study:
Prior Learning Assessment, or PLA, is another important and often overlooked strategy for helping adults progress towards a degree. PLA is the [...]
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It’s About So Much More Than Credit
Posted in Adult Learners, Assessment, Higher Education, PLA, tagged adultlearners, highereducation, Marylhurst, PLA on March 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Looking Forward
Posted in Accreditation, Assessment, Dean Stuff, Higher Education, Learning, Teaching, Work, tagged Assessment, deanstuff, highereducation, Learning, Marylhurst, Teaching on February 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Looking forward. That’s what I am doing, like the Montgomery Improvement Association. I think, in effect, an “Improvement Association” is what our Assessment Committee has defined in our creation of the Marylhurst Assessment Program.
A few weeks back, I read a white paper written by Peter Ewell (aka “The Assessment God”) titled Assessment, Accountability, and Improvement: [...]
Welcome To My Workplace
Posted in Work, tagged Marylhurst on November 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Some of my creative colleagues recently put together this video of Marylhurst University – it’s a virtual tour, and I think it totally captures the beauty, history, and ethos of this place. Every day when I come on to campus, I am thankful that I get to have these buildings and grounds surround me.
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Add It Up: 45 Credits Of Prior Learning
Posted in Adult Learners, Life, Literature, PLA, tagged adultlearners, Life, Literature, Marylhurst, PLA on October 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Barbara Eckroad recently submitted her PLA Portfolio for the maximum number of credits allowed — 45! For Barbara, all of that life experience has added up — big time!
Congrats Barbara!
Barbara is an Interdisciplinary Studies major with concentrations in English, Literature & Writing, Media Studies, and Religious Studies. The topics she wrote for were:
LIT 223: Introduction [...]
Mentoring & Peer Coaching
Posted in Mentoring & Peer Coaching, Teaching, tagged coaching, Marylhurst, mentor, Teaching on October 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This coming Winter term I will be teaching a new course for our Education department in the Teacher Leadership certificate program called Mentoring & Peer Coaching. In addition to my “other” job (oh – and this other job too!), I am busy thinking about the course schedule, reviewing texts, reading articles, and creating the syllabus.
Though [...]
Partners in Service: AmeriCorps & Marylhurst
Posted in Higher Education, Mission, Service, tagged AmeriCorps, highereducation, Marylhurst, Service on September 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This fall we have two new AmeriCorps volunteers working at Marylhurst, and I want to share some information about their programs as well as about our university’s partnership with AmeriCorps.
First – what is AmeriCorps? AmeriCorps helps communities meet their education, public safety, human or environmental needs through service.
Olivia Yeung is our new Alumni Mentor Program [...]
Becoming More Cognizant Of Learning
Posted in Adult Learners, Higher Education, Learning, PLA, tagged adultlearners, highereducation, Marylhurst, PLA on July 30, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Chip Brinks just completed a 33-credit Prior Learning Assessment Portfolio!
Chip, a Real Estate Studies major from Southern California (with extensive experience in the Real Estate industry), wrote for the following topics:
BA 238: Sales / Selling as a Profession
RE 140: Intro to Property Management
RE 155: Intro to Escrow
MSD 117 and 161: Customer Relations
BUS 157: E-Commerce
PE [...]
She’s Ready For What’s Next
Posted in Adult Learners, Higher Education, Liberal Arts, PLA, Writing, tagged adultlearners, education, knowledge, Marylhurst, PLA, Writing on July 23, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Congrats to Debra Giannini!
Debra just completed her 15-credit Prior Learning Assessment Portfolio. Debra is an Interdisciplinary Studies major with concentrations in Psychology and Expressive Therapies. The topics she wrote for are:
BIO 165 – Alternatives in Health and Healing
BIO 167 – Nutritional Science
CHS 354 – Environment, Culture, and Food
CCM 342 – Rhythm-Based Communication
SPP 371 – [...]
Articulating Your Transferable Skills
Posted in Career Services, Employment, Higher Education, Professional Development, tagged education, Employment, Language, Marylhurst, resume on July 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I will be facilitating an online workshop called Articulating Your Transferable Skills later this month. Here is the description:
In this interactive online workshop, participants will reflect on and learn how to articulate the transferable skills and knowledge they have to offer an employer.
This workshop idea came out of a face-to-face workshop that I facilitated last [...]
Want To Change The World?
Posted in Higher Education, Learning, Liberal Arts, Mission, Strategic Planning, tagged education, highereducation, integration, Learning, liberalarts, Marylhurst, strategicplanning on July 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today is Liberal Arts Education day here on PrattleNog. My head is spinning with thoughts about the tremendous personal and social benefits of such because three items have crossed my path related to this question: Why is a liberal arts education important? These three items have raised for me four BIG CONCERNS. Here goes:
First, Inside [...]
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