The role of language in portfolio learning

Within the practice of recognizing prior learning (RPL), language issues –writing, the act of capturing language – are critically important facets of portfolio development. Using data drawn from a study of several postsecondary institutions in three countries, this paper examines the role and impac...

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Autor principal:	Dianne Conrad
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2011
Materias:	RPL Special aspects of education LC8-6691
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/f7640a1a39c0430e861262d102be7691
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:f7640a1a39c0430e861262d102be76912021-12-02T19:20:40ZThe role of language in portfolio learning10.19173/irrodl.v12i1.10621492-3831https://doaj.org/article/f7640a1a39c0430e861262d102be76912011-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1062https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831 Within the practice of recognizing prior learning (RPL), language issues –writing, the act of capturing language – are critically important facets of portfolio development. Using data drawn from a study of several postsecondary institutions in three countries, this paper examines the role and impact of language in portfolio development processes. Specifically, it considers the dynamics that contribute to learners’ finding appropriate language and their response to that journey, noting that learners pass through several stages of language growth, beginning with learning the language of academic life and recognizing the importance of that “new” language. The paper also discusses the impact of assessors’ use of language and considers the notion of learners’ transformation as they pass through the portfolio learning process. Dianne ConradAthabasca University PressarticleRPLSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 12, Iss 1 (2011)
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description	Within the practice of recognizing prior learning (RPL), language issues –writing, the act of capturing language – are critically important facets of portfolio development. Using data drawn from a study of several postsecondary institutions in three countries, this paper examines the role and impact of language in portfolio development processes. Specifically, it considers the dynamics that contribute to learners’ finding appropriate language and their response to that journey, noting that learners pass through several stages of language growth, beginning with learning the language of academic life and recognizing the importance of that “new” language. The paper also discusses the impact of assessors’ use of language and considers the notion of learners’ transformation as they pass through the portfolio learning process.
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The role of language in portfolio learning

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