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    Course: PLA Workshop 2

    PLA Workshop 2 is the second course in the four-part Prior Learning Assessment Certificate Program. This online course builds on the standards and steps of prior learning assessment (PLA) covered in Workshop 1 and provides you with sufficient practice in the application of the concepts and practices of PLA to serve as a prior learning assessor or guide the development of an assessment program.

    The workshop concludes with an examination on the material covered in the first two workshops. Upon completing the first two workshops, you will be awarded a Certificate of Achievement in Prior Learning Assessment.

    Programs Associated with this Course
    • Certificate in Prior Learning Assessement
    Who Should Attend

    • Adult learning practitioners
    • Faculty and administrators in higher education
    • Professional association education developers
    • Employees of institutions interested in developing a professional portfolio assessment system

    Benefits

    This workshop will help you develop the following competencies:

    • Determining college level learning from experience
    • Discriminating between college and pre-college level learning
    • Conducting assessments of student learning that employ CAEL principles and standards
    • Guiding students in preparing evidence for assessment of learning

    Topics/Syllabus

    • Identification, articulation, measurement, evaluation and transcription of creditable learning from experience
    • Accepted models of relating assessed learning to credit
    • Framing learning outcomes
    • Perspectives on the meaning of college-level learning
    • Decision points in both assessing learning and the formation of an assessment program
    • Linkages among assessment, learning and feedback

    FAQ

    What are the system requirements this program?
    The program is delivered online with some offline assignments.
    You will need a computer (IBM Compatible PC or Apple Macintosh) with:

    The program is taught asynchronously - you can take it anywhere, anytime you have access to the above. However, there is a weekly schedule you are expected to keep.

    Is there a required text?
    Assessing Learning
    • Yes. Assessing Learning, 3rd edition [2017] by the Council For Adult Experiential Learning (CAEL), Donna Younger, and Catherine Marineau will be mailed to you as you start the program.
    What is the weekly time commitment for the workshops?
    On average you should spend five to seven hours weekly on the workshops. The best way to do this is to spread the hours over the week, perhaps half an hour each evening or during lunch, then longer at the weekend.

    For More Information, Contact:

    Janie Rollinson

    Email: jrollin1@depaul.edu
    Phone: +1 312-362-5792

    Upcoming Class Offerings

    PLA Workshop 2

    Dates: 09/29/2025 - 11/9/2025
    Time: -
    Meeting Pattern Not specified
    Location: Online
    Cost: $850.00
    Registration Deadline: 09/22/2025 - a $75 late fee will be assessed after this date for late registrations
    Final Deadline: 09/29/2025 
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