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1. Dotdoc to dotdot: Electronic portfolio tools for assessing experiential learning Carol.Lacey@metrostate.edu MNSCU Credit for PLA Training 10/03/08

2. Tenet 1: Student-centered/ faculty guided Students Faculty The university charges its faculty with responsibility and authority over teaching. They also: maintain a pluralistic environment in which students are central determine if students demonstrate achievement of educational objectives. • Metropolitan State University grants individual students responsibility for and authority over their education. 

3. Elements of faculty guidance • Help students choose elements of learning to document and “container” such as eFolio for such documentation. • Guide students to identify learning outcomes from experiential learning. • Collaborate to develop framework for reflecting on how they have achieved those outcomes. • Assess documentation and reflection.

4. Suffer from Paper Over Load?

5. Prior Competence Evaluation • Title of Prior Competence _____________________________________ # of Credits _____________ • Upper or Lower Division (please circle one) Date for _______________________________________ • Prior completed for (please circle one): grade pass/no credit Completion ______________________ • Students must complete this form (please type or word process) and have it approved and signed by the department chair or program faculty in the appropriate department before registering for the assessment of prior learning. At the time of registration, this completed form must be attached to the registration form. If you have any procedural questions, please call your college advising center or your advisor. • Part I. Student completes • Student Name _____________________________________ Student ID # _________________________ • Address __________________________________________ Phone (H) ___________________________ • _________________________________________________ Phone (W) __________________________ • Email address _____________________________________ Department of degree focus or major: • Advisor Name _____________________________________ ____________________________________ • Part II. Student completes (consulting with evaluator if needed) • Experience and Learning Outcomes: In approximately 250 words, summarize the learning outcomes (what you know and can do) as a result of this experience. Describe where and how you acquired the competence, addressing as appropriate employment/volunteer experience, dates, and levels of responsibility. Please attach a separate sheet. • Part III. Student completes (Previously Transcripted Credit) • To avoid overlap or duplication of credits, please list all previously transcripted credits in the field, giving the full names of courses or titles of prior learning assessments or competence based evaluations. Attach copies of transcript(s). • Title ____________________________________________________ Number of Credits ____________ • Title ____________________________________________________ Number of Credits ____________ • Title ____________________________________________________ Number of Credits ____________ • Part IV. Student completes (consulting with evaluator if needed) • Competence Statement A competence statement is a description of a learning outcome that has been achieved in a given subject area. Examples of a competence statement are: (1) Small Group Communication: Knows the theories and principles of small group communication well enough to analyze and apply them to assessing and improving one’s own group communication and the communication patterns of workgroups. (2) Operating Systems: Knows history, theory, principles and techniques of operating systems well enough to compare features of different operating systems, analyze the behaviors of computer programs, and plan for the configuration and installation of operating systems. • To see additional samples of competence statements, go to www.metrostate.edu/fc/priors/plaexamp.html . To help you write your statement, see the competence statement diagram at www.metrostate.edu/fc/forms/ • Your competence statement must identify the subject area, theoretical and practical elements of the subject, and either the level of your knowledge or how you apply your knowledge. Please write your statement below, or attach an additional sheet if needed. • Part V. Student completes List other resources and strategies used to acquire this competence that were not identified in Part II. A. Seminars/Conferences/Workshops Title __________________________________ Presenter _________________Length ________ Title __________________________________ Presenter _________________Length ________ • Part V. continued B. Books Title __________________________________________________ Author _______________________ Title __________________________________________________ Author _______________________ C. Journals/Magazines Title __________________________________________________ Author _______________________ Title __________________________________________________ Author _______________________ D. Films/Videos Title ______________________________________________________________________________________ Title ______________________________________________________________________________________ E. Other __________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________

6. Prior Competence Evaluator • Part VI. Evaluator completes • Name _____________________________________________ _________ Resident Faculty • _________ Community Faculty • If you are not a Metropolitan State resident or community faculty member and wish to receive payment you must become a Metropolitan State employee. If you wish to become an employee, please provide us with the following information and attach a resume or call Metropolitan State’s Human Resources Office at 651-793-1275 for more information. • Address ____________________________________________ Phone (H) __________________________ • City/State/Zip _______________________________________ Phone (W) _________________________ • ________ I wish to waive payment. Signature _________________________________________________ • Part VII. Evaluator completes • How will the student be evaluated? A minimum of two evaluation methods are recommended. Check all that apply. • ___ research paper ___ simulation ___ situational observation ___ journal • ___ written test ___ written exercise ___ project evaluation ___ oral exam or interview • ___ other (please describe) ____________________________________________________________________ • Part VIII. Academic Department completes • Department Chairperson or program faculty __________________________________ Acct # _________ • (Note: This is the chairperson or program faculty of the department in which the prior competence is evaluated.) • I give consent to the above student to register for this assessment of prior learning. • Signature ___________________________________________ Date _________________________ • If approval is not given, please explain. • Part IX. Registration Office completes • Subcode # ___________ Title ________________________________ Date Processed _____/_____/_____

7. Enough already!

8. Prior and student directed learning Competence-based learning/assessment core founding tenet Individually developed Individually assessed with documentation, tests, interviews, etc. Prior and student directed learning Competence-based learning using efolio documentation and evaluation Templates guide students/ faculty to articulate learning and provide evidence for assessment. PLA/SDL: Past/Present

9. The SDL Continuum • From all prior to all new SDL Prior Learning Complete (PLA) All new Learning (SDIS) Combination of some prior and some new learning = SDL

10. Review: Comp StmtExperience Resources DocumentationEvaluation Student drafts SDL Proposal & Narrative Student sends Proposal to consultant Metro 100 and/or Perspectives Student revises Proposal; Dept. Chair signs; Student registers Faculty Completes LE Student meets with Evaluator for Formal Evaluation Faculty receives LE from Registration

11. Carrie May PCBA PLAs • Service Learning Program Development in Universities and Alternative High Schools • Organizational Strategic Planning and Community Development • Ugandan Culture • Foundations of Rural Community Health • Rural Community Health Programming in Uganda(HIV/AIDS education) • Runyooro/Rutooro Language Learning • Personal Health and Safety in Developing Countries

12. Carrie May, PCBA • Extensive experiential learning before and during her Peace Corps Volunteer service. • Sent as email attachments 23 files ranging from 23-177 KB (overloaded mailbox). • With guidance uploaded these and more (including comprehensive evaluation from her PC country director) to her eFolio. • Now adding reflections and toolkit questionnaire links (“site map” for evaluators) preparing for assessment.

13. eFolio documentation +s • Ready repository for documents and multi-media artifacts detailing experiential learning and existing evaluation measures (language proficiency tests, Peace Corps country director’s assessments, etc.) • Built-in reflection options encourage reflection related to specific artifact. • Student chooses what to share/keep private.

18. Self-directed learning template • For Prior Learning Assessment (PLA), Self-Directed Learning (SDL), and Student-designed Independent Study (SDIS) • Subject Area: • College: • Department: • Consultant/Evaluator: • Telephone: • E-mail: • Contact recommendations/Timeline: • Indicate when competence may be considered for: • -General Education Goal Area: (Specify yes or no, and if so, what area –link to criteria) • -Major requirement for: _______________________________ • -Minor Requirement for: _______________________________ • Examples of appropriate and related prior learning and experience:

19. Requirements addressed *Number of credits negotiated with evaluator (lower division, 3, upper division 4 recommended) Suggested competence statement Theoretical Components: • Lower-division: • Upper-division: Application and practice components: • Lower-division: • Upper-division: • Assessment Methods Available:

20. Available assessment methods • ___Waiver Test • ___Diagnostic Test, for: _________________________________ • ___Course Final Exam for: ______________________________ • ___Group Assessment: _________________________________ • ___Other, please specify: _________________________________ • Suggested methods for self-directed learning: • (e.g., review course text for _____course; review CLEP guide for ___________; prepare reflection on experiences related to ____________; read and analyze (specify selected reading selection or topic area). • Suggested readings/resources: • ____ • Date updated:

21. Competence measurement techniques: • ____Product evaluation (e.g. documents, reports, proposals, publications, programs, etc. produced in the learning process; reflective journal or log kept during learning process; paper, case study analysis, video, or other product produced for the evaluation), please specify: • ____Oral Interview (specify nature/scope): • ____Objective test (specify) • ____Essay test (specify) • ____Portfolio evaluation (e.g., resume, autobiography of learning outcomes from non-credit experiences, self-study description, etc.) • ____Simulation • ____Performance Test (specify) • ___ Situational observation or video/audio (specify)

22. Evaluation Quality and Performance Indicators • A competence at the “excellent” level will: • A competence at the “good” level will: • A competence at the “satisfactory” level will” • A competence at the less-than satisfactory” level (equivalent to “D”, and not acceptable for pass/no credit work) will: • Competence will not be achieved when: the student has elected pass/no credit but has not achieved “satisfactory” level of evaluation.

23. Thank you! • For more information on eFolio applications, check out: • (http://carollacey.efoliomn2.com/