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Direct linkJill Cathleen Woods – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) presents postsecondary educators with a conundrum: how to design and support small-group activities without stifling deep and meaningful learning. The literature indicates that students are not consistently practicing higher-order cognitive activities, educators are not reliably designing or…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Cooperative Learning, Group Activities, Prior Learning
Download full textWhinnery, Erin – Education Commission of the States, 2017
This 50-State Comparison focuses on Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) policies, which refer to a process to award academic credit for prior learning. This process involves assessing the learning and workforce skills a student has acquired through life and employment experience. Assessments can be performed using a variety of tools such as a…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, State Policy, Educational Policy, College Credits
Uranis, Julie; Erskine, Michael; Cullum, Ashley; DeBate, Rita – Lumina Foundation, 2019
This publication examines current challenges with the articulation of learning and argues that a new means of articulating learning is necessary. Specifically, drawbacks and inefficiencies developed to accommodate the credit hour measure of student learning are examined. As an alternative, a new competency-based measure of learning is proposed.…
Descriptors: Learning, Competence, Postsecondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Light, Noreen – Washington Student Achievement Council, 2017
Supporting adult learners as they complete their postsecondary certificates and degrees is essential to meeting our state's educational attainment goals and meeting the employment needs of students and Washington employers. Academic Credit for Prior Learning (ACPL) is awarded when a student's prior learning is assessed and found to be the…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Postsecondary Education, Prior Learning, Experience
Knapp, Joan – 1977
A model for assessing and awarding credit for prior experiential learning is presented; the adult student's experiences are summarized in a portfolio. The model incorporates eight stages: facilitating the construction and assessment of a portfolio, identifying significant prior experiences, expressing the learning outcomes of prior experiences,…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavioral Objectives, College Credits, College Students
Forrest, Aubrey – 1977
This student guide is directed at the adult student who petitions for college credits based on prior experiential learning. It will assist such adults in maximizing the value of their prior experiences in relation to educational goals and successfully obtaining appropriate credit. The reader is led step by step through the process of identifying…
Descriptors: Adults, Case Studies, College Applicants, College Credits
