thomas state edison conference by catrina roitman 6/15/2011
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Launching PLA at Your Institution. Thomas State Edison Conference By Catrina Roitman 6/15/2011. History of West. Founded in 1978 as a private, non-profit institution and regionally accredited in 1980 In 1995, WIU was acquired by Apollo Group Inc. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Thomas State Edison Conference
By Catrina Roitman
6/15/2011
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• Founded in 1978 as a private, non-profit institution and regionally accredited in 1980
• In 1995, WIU was acquired by Apollo Group Inc.
• In 2010, WIU became part of Apollo Global, a consolidated subsidiary of Apollo Group, and joined with sister schools in the United Kingdom, Chile, and Mexico
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• Essays and portfolios
• Credit for West courses
• Before admitted
• Workshops and seminars • Online• Face-to-face• At corporations
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• Strategy Process
• Faculty
• Research and Benchmarking
• Communication and Marketing Plan
• Discussion
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• Support from management
• Assess systems
• Create a process
• Set a launch date
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•Training and Hiring Challenges
•Recommended Books• Hart & Hickerson (2009)• Fiddler, Marienau, & Whitaker (2006)• Zucker, Johnson, & Flint (1999)
•Communication and update training plan
•Calibrating Faculty each quarter or as needed
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• Data and Industry Standards
• CAEL Discussion board/ Contact List
• Find a Mentor
• CAEL Books
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• Training • Developing materials• Create a plan• Regular schedule
• Newsletters• Faculty training• Student orientations
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• Community colleges
• Human resource departments
• Websites
• Student Workshops
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•Discussion
•Table Group Exercise
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Fiddler, M., Marienau, C., & Whitaker, U. (2006). Assessing learning: Standards,
principles & procedures. Council for Adult and Experiential Learning: Chicago.
Hart, D., & Hickerson, J. (2009). Prior learning portfolios: A
representative collection. Chicago: Council for Adult and Experiential Learning.
Nonaka, I., & Nishiguchi, T. (Eds.). (2001). Knowledge emergence: Social, technical, and
evolutionary dimensions of knowledge creation. New York, NY: Oxford
University Press.
Zucker, B., Johnson, C., & Flint, T. (1999). Prior Learning
Assessment: A guidebook to American institutional practices. CAEL Dubuque,
Iowa: Kendall/Hunt.