THIRTY-FIVE! This week we are celebrating the 35th anniversary of the PLA program at Marylhurst. In 1976, the first Marylhurst student was awarded college credit for learning he obtained from his work and life experience, and ever since then, the program has been a key to acknowledging the learning our adult students bring with them. [...]
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Thirty-Five!
Posted in Adult Learners, PLA, tagged adultlearners, Marylhurst, PLA on May 16, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Informed By Life Experience
Posted in Adult Learners, Assessment, Experience, Higher Education, Learning, PLA, Reflection, tagged adultlearners, Assessment, experience, highereducation, Learning, Marylhurst, PLA, reflection on November 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Hey everyone! Helen Fern just completed her 18 credit PLA Portfolio at Marylhurst! YIPPEE HELEN!!! Helen is a Human Studies major, and she earned credit through the PLA program for the following courses: Introduction to Photography Mushroom Identification and Taxonomy Anasazi Archeology Conflict Management Effective Listening Psychology of Loss and Grief Three of these topics [...]
Credit for Experience or Learning? Learning, Please!
Posted in Accreditation, Adult Learners, Assessment, Experience, Higher Education, PLA, Problem Solving, Reflection, tagged adultlearners, Assessment, experience, highereducation, knowledge, Learning, Marylhurst, PLA, problemsolving, reflection, Writing on September 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I have written already about Walmart’s PLA program, so I am not going to get my knickers in a twist again about *that* topic. My first 2 cents Here My next 2 cents Here The Council for Adult and Experiential Learning announced that Pam Tate, the President of CAEL, was interviewed on NPR´s show Here [...]
A Walk Before Teaching On A Tuesday Evening
Posted in Community, Reflection, Stress Relief, Teaching, tagged Community, Marylhurst, reflection, Teaching, walking, Work on June 30, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Off to class! There’s learnin’ to be done!
Please Wear A Sombrero
Posted in Adult Learners, Higher Education, tagged adultlearners, commencement, highereducation, Marylhurst on June 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
At commencement you wear your square-shaped mortarboards. My hope is that from time to time you will let your minds be bold, and wear sombreros. ~Paul Freund CONGRATULATIONS MARYLHURST GRADS!
I Don’t Like To Be The Skeptic
Posted in Adult Learners, Assessment, Higher Education, PLA, tagged adultlearners, Assessment, highereducation, Learning, Marylhurst, PLA on June 15, 2010 | 4 Comments »
As a follow-up to my recent post about Walmart’s educational program for employees, let me share this article from The Chronicle of Higher Education: News Analysis: Is ‘Wal-Mart U.’ a Good Bargain for Students? Here’s what it says about the Prior Learning Assessment issue that was making me quiver: “We feel very strongly that any [...]
An Innovator For The Next Generation
Posted in Adult Learners, Assessment, Higher Education, PLA, Professional Development, Time Management, tagged adultlearners, highereducation, Marylhurst, PLA on April 13, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Angela Pernisco, a Psychology major, just completed her PLA portfolio for 15 credits, all in Communications topics: CCM 320 Public Presentations CCM 323 Effective Listening CCM 324 Nonverbal Communication CCM 346 Conflict Management (with the grade of “A”!) CCM 356 Intercultural Communication Angela wrote this in her final Reflection Essay: When I began the PLA [...]
She Established A Rhythm
Posted in Adult Learners, Assessment, Higher Education, PLA, tagged adultlearners, highereducation, Marylhurst, PLA on April 5, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Victoria Hurlock recently completed her PLA Portfolio with 27 credits. Victoria’s major is Communication, and the topics she wrote for were: CCM 321 Small Group Communication CCM 323 Effective Listening CCM 325 Communication of Self-Esteem CCM 337 Gender and Communication CCM 346 Conflict Management COL 340 Organizational Communication COL 426 Team Building MSD 130 Creative [...]
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