Vol 2, No 2 (2014)

PLA and Workplace Learning

Table of Contents

Editorial

Alan Mandell and Nan Travers
Back to Work: PLA/PLAR and Workplace Learning
Nan L. Travers, Alan Mandell
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Invited Essays

Leif Berglund
A Model Concerning the Assessment of Knowledge and Skills in the Workplace
Leif Berglund
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(l-r) Robin Millar, Sarah Miller
Prior Learning Assessment Strategies for Workplace Learning: Translating Practice Into Theory
Robin R. Millar, Sarah Miller
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Inquiry (Peer-Reviewed)

Jessica Kindred
Reaping the Harvest of Work-Based Learning
Jessica Berit Kindred
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Photo of Jon Talbot
A Case Study in the Development of a Work-Based Learning and the Possibility of Transfer to Continental European Universities: The WBIS program at the University of Chester, England
Jon Talbot
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Interviews

Photo of Bonnie Kennedy
Breaking Down the Silos: An Interview With Bonnie Kennedy
Nan L. Travers, Alan Mandell
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Photo of Pam Tate
Shifting Grounds: An Interview with Pam Tate
Nan L. Travers, Alan Mandell
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Practice Today

Janice Karlen
Workplace Learning Recognition: Make Faculty Part of the Plan
Janice M. Karlen
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Thomas Kerr
Thinking of Doing
Thomas Kerr
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Photo of Diane Treis Rusk (left) and Lauren Smith (right)
The Prior Learning Assessment Expansion Initiative of the University of Wisconsin System: A System Approach to Delivering a Culture in Which PLA Can Thrive
Diane Treis Rusk, Lauren Smith
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Reviews

(l-r) Becky Klein-Collins and Laura Winters
Where Context is King: Prior Learning Assessment in the Workplace
Becky Klein-Collins, Laura Winters
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Ask A Question

PLA Inside Out
What are your thoughts on current and future trends in the evaluation of workplace learning?
Tina Grant, Judy Harris, Mary Beth Lakin, Lisa Sax Mahoney, Anne Murphy, Ruth Whittaker
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Resources

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Holding Tight or at Arm’s Length: How Higher Education Regional Accrediting Bodies Address PLA
Becky Klein-Collins
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Random Access: The Latino Student Experience with Prior Learning Assessment
Becky Klein-Collins, Richard Olson
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Beyond the Skills Gap: Making Education Work for Students, Employers, and Communities
Mary Alice McCarthy
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Recognition of Prior Learning in Health Care: From a Caring Ideology and Power, to Communicative Action and Recognition
Fredrik Sandberg
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Global Learning Qualifications Framework
Nan L. Travers