Going online to make learning count

Adult students often come to higher education with college-level learning that they have acquired outside of the classroom – from the workplace, military service, self-study, or hobbies. For decades, many forward-thinking colleges and universities have been offering services to evaluate that learnin...

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Autores principales:	Cathy Brigham, Rebecca Klein-Collins
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2011
Materias:	online learning PLAR Special aspects of education LC8-6691
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:5b4ca486c1124bfeb3a650ad1235bacc2021-12-02T19:20:40ZGoing online to make learning count10.19173/irrodl.v12i1.9401492-3831https://doaj.org/article/5b4ca486c1124bfeb3a650ad1235bacc2011-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/940https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831Adult students often come to higher education with college-level learning that they have acquired outside of the classroom – from the workplace, military service, self-study, or hobbies. For decades, many forward-thinking colleges and universities have been offering services to evaluate that learning and award it college credit that counts towards a degree. However, for a range of reasons, not every institution can offer prior learning assessment (PLA) in every discipline or for every student. With funding from several U.S. philanthropic organizations, the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) is launching Learning Counts, a national online service that will offer students a range of opportunities to have their learning evaluated for college credit. This online service will expand the capacity of institutions offering PLA to students and provide an efficient and scalable delivery mechanism for the awarding of credit through PLA.Cathy BrighamRebecca Klein-CollinsAthabasca University Pressarticleonline learningPLARSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 12, Iss 1 (2011)
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Going online to make learning count

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