PLA Definition
PLA stands for Prior Learning Assessment, a process that many colleges offer as a means of getting credit for college-level knowledge you've learned on your own through work or self-study.
Empire State College offers multiple ways of authenticating this knowledge - through ESC's own process, through standardized college-level tests, through verification of training programs that have been evaluated for college credit. Read more about PLA on the college's web pages.
Powerpoints on PLA
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Download Learning, Not Experience.pptx
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Download College-Level Learning.pptx
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- Tuesday, 15 April 2014 [1.2MB]
Kinds of Learning - by Joyce McKnight, D.Ed.
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- Tuesday, 09 May 2017 [15.3KB]
Determining PLA to Pursue: PLA as a Phenomenological Study - by Joyce McKnight, D.Ed.
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- Friday, 12 June 2015 [22.3KB]
Ways to Pursue PLA
1. Individualized prior learning assessment through ESC (fee attached) ; write an essay for each PLA request
2. Exams (note that ESC requires certain scores to receive credit):
- College Level Examination Program (CLEP) exams http://clep.collegeboard.org/exam
- NYU Language exams http://www.scps.nyu.edu/academics/departments/foreign-languages/testing.html
- Excelsior College Exams http://www.excelsior.edu/exam-content-guides
- Thomas Edison College Examination Program (TECEP) exams http://www.tesc.edu/degree-completion/Testing.cfm
- DSST Exams http://getcollegecredit.com/
3. Non-college learning evaluated for credit by the American Council on Education (ACE) or the National College Credit Recommendation Service (National CCRS; formerly PONSI).
Nan's Interview
Nan is a professional in the field of assessment, and she's also an ESC student who is pursuing credit through the PLA process. This interview was done for a master's level course in education. Link to Nan's interview here:
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PLA Planner
Link to the PLA Planner, a tool that allows you to submit your individualized PLA requests and track their progress. Note that you need to work with your mentor on individualized PLA requests, and that your mentor needs to approve any submissions. http://www8.esc.edu/esconline/myesc.nsf/html/PLAPlannerUndergrad.html
Think about "Learning"
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How People Learn (Donovan, Bransford, Pellegrino) - look at section 2 on How Experts Differ from Novices for some insight into advanced-level learning http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=9853&page=R1
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The Difference Between Training and Learning - offers some useful background ideas that may help you decide whether to pursue PLA http://www.advancedbusinesslearning.com/the-difference-between-training-and-learning/
- What's your Learning Style? - offers 20 simple questions to help you identify main ways in which you learn http://www.educationplanner.org/students/self-assessments/learning-styles-quiz.shtml
- Learning Strategies Inventories: Assess How you Learn (Dartmouth) http://www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/success/index.html
- Multiple Intelligences - briefly discusses the ways in which people learn http://www.institute4learning.com/multiple_intelligences.php