PRIOR LEARNING ASSESSMENT PORTFOLIO DEVELOPMENT

Catalog description

Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) enables students to earn college credit for prior learning. This course focuses on the principles and methodology of assessing college-level learning acquired outside the traditional classroom. Learners analyze personal learning in terms of adult learning theory. Learners identify, articulate, and document personal learning outcomes and relate what they have learned to the topics and learning outcomes of college courses and other college-level learning opportunities. The course promotes skill development in organizing information, writing, analyzing, and critical thinking. Learners prepare a prior learning portfolio to demonstrate learning equivalent to college-level coursework and are guided by a course mentor and a subject matter expert to develop, advance, and complete their PLA portfolio submission.