Improving Open Access through Prior Learning Assessment

Autor/inn/en	Yin, Shuangxu; Kawachi, Paul
Titel	Improving Open Access through Prior Learning Assessment
Quelle	In: Open Praxis, 5 (2013) 1, S.59-65 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1369-9997
Schlagwörter	Prior Learning; Access to Education; Open Education; Distance Education; Pilot Projects; Needs Assessment; Evaluation Methods; Scoring Formulas; Cost Effectiveness; Barriers; Skill Analysis; Higher Education; Educational Practices; Educational Improvement; Foreign Countries; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Vorkenntnisse; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Offene Erziehung; Offener Unterricht; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Pilot project; Modellversuch; Pilotprojekt; Bedarfsermittlung; Scoring rubrics; Auswertungsbogen; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Bildungspraxis; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Ausland
Abstract	This paper explores and presents new data on how to improve open access in distance education through using prior learning assessments. Broadly there are three types of prior learning assessment (PLAR): Type-1 for prospective students to be allowed to register for a course; Type-2 for current students to avoid duplicating work-load to gain certification; and Type-3 mapping occupational skills as portfolio-needs analysis. In each of these some e-assessment can play a role, notably in Type-3 in distance education. Our previous research has been in Type-2 and we report the empirical results and challenges involved in practice. Moving beyond Type-2 we further report how e-Type-3 can improve our practice in the Open University of China--a very large ODL provider. We discuss the barriers and challenges being faced, and ways being explored to resolve these issues, to reduce the costs involved and to improve open access to learning. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01