Aren’t these pretty? Today these flowers made my day. These are flowers sent to me and my colleague Jackie from a PLA student who just finished a 34-credit PLA Portfolio (and who will be graduating in a few weeks). The card attached thanked us for teaching and mentoring her. Teaching and mentoring HER!?!?!? We should [...]
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It’s Reciprocal
Posted in Learning, PLA, tagged Learning, PLA on May 25, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Thirty-Five!
Posted in Adult Learners, PLA, tagged adultlearners, Marylhurst, PLA on May 16, 2011 | 2 Comments »
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. [...]
Liberating For Learning
Posted in Assessment, Assessment Leadership Academy, Education, Faculty Development, Higher Education, Learning, PLA, Students, Teaching, tagged Assessment, education, facultydevelopment, highereducation, Learning, PLA, Students, Teaching on May 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
As I continue to work through and ponder the readings for the Assessment Leadership Academy I am participating in, and as I talk with my colleagues about assessment, the conundrum of grading keeps surfacing. The key question seems to be: What is the relationship between grading and assessment? I recently responded to an AALHE blog [...]
The 3 R’s Revised: Relationship, Relevancy, and Rigor
Posted in Adult Learners, Learning, PLA, Teaching, tagged adultlearners, Learning, PLA, Teaching on April 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Christine Caton, our relatively new PLA faculty member, wrote this great essay in the latest version of Marylhurst’s Adult Learning Newsletter. As she reflects on her own learning to teach online, she challenges us instructors to establish and maintain relationships with our students, to provide relevancy, and to ensure rigor in our online teaching. As [...]
Learning To Dream Again
Posted in Adult Learners, PLA, Work, tagged adultlearners, Employment, highereducation, PLA, Work on March 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Catherine Hooper, an Organizational Communications major at Marylhurst University, recently finished her 9-credit PLA Portfolio for the following topics: COL 427 Great Meetings: Planning and Facilitating Difficult Group Discussion CCM 321 Small Group Communication COL 426 Team Building: Managing Work Groups In her Final Portfolio Reflection essay, Catherine wrote: The PLA program was especially valuable [...]
Where Complaining Gets You
Posted in Experience, Learning, PLA, Reflection, tagged experience, Learning, PLA, reflection on February 22, 2011 | 1 Comment »
My PLA students certainly understand the cycle on the right; they live it with each and every experience they reflect on. For PLA students, E = credit! Now how do I get my 3-year old to buy into it too? Thanks to Indexed – again!!! – for the brilliance!
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 [...]
To Learn, Unlearn, & Relearn
Posted in Assessment, Learning, Literacy, PLA, Reflection, Technology, tagged Assessment, collaboration, Learning, literacy, PLA, reflection, Technology on September 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I recently found the list below of 21st Century Literacies, posted by Cathy Davidson. As I prepared to launch myself and my students into Fall term today, I re-read the list, paused, and thought that even though I am not teaching any content specific to these literacies (I teach in the PLA program), at some [...]
Back. Forward. Inward. Outward.
Posted in Adult Learners, Higher Education, PLA, Reflection, Writing, tagged adultlearners, highereducation, PLA, reflection, Writing on September 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Homework Assignment for PLA Students (Or Any Other Individuals Seeking To Learn From Their Mistakes Experiences) Read the 16 Outcomes of Reflection. It’s a GREAT framework for reflecting! Then: Think Back – about your topic / your experience / your learning. Think Forward – about your topic / your experience / your learning. Think Inward [...]
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 [...]
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