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What Material Will Be Covered at the National Institute?
Recent National Institutes have focused on topics and issues about:
- The meaning of experiential learning
- The nuts and bolts of PLA
- Advising students
- Training advisors and evaluators
- Evaluating prior learning portfolios
- Different PLA models
- Electronic Portfolios
- Assessing prior learning online
- PLA and diversity of students
- Accreditation and PLA
- Partnerships between the academic and business sectors
- Current issues in PLA
In addition, presentations and discussions on other topics are also encouraged. The following list is just a sampling of the possibilities:
- International developments in PLA
- Quality assurance in assessment
- Current and future issues in adult learning assessment
- Research and theory in adult learning assessment
- Innovative PLA practices and programs
