The OER Knowledge Cloud makes use of cookies. By continuing, you consent to this use. More information.
Capturing and organizing prior student learning with the OCW backpack
Ouellette, Brian · Gitin, Elena · Prost, Justin · Smith, Peter

PublishedSeptember 2010
ConferenceUOC, OU, BYU

ABSTRACT
The purpose of this paper is to present an approach for students to have non-traditional learning assessed for credit and introduce a tool that facilitates this process. The OCW Backpack system can connect self-learners with KNEXT assessment services to obtain college credit for prior learning. An ex post facto study based on historical data collected over the past two years at Kaplan University (KU) is presented to validate the portfolio assessment process. Cumulative GPA was compared for students who received experiential credit for learning derived from personal or professional experience with a matched sample of students with no experiential learning credits. The study found that students who received experiential credits perform better than the matched sample students on GPA. The findings validate the KU portfolio assessment process. Additionally, the results support the capability of the OCW Backpack to capture the critical information necessary to evaluate non-traditional learning for university credit.

Keywords experiential learning · informal learning · OCW · Open Educational Resources · PLAR · portfolio

Published atBarcelona
Languageen
Rightsby-nc-nd/3.0
URLhttp://openaccess.uoc.edu/webapps/o2/bitstream/10609/4845/6/Ouellete.pdf
Export optionsBibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar



AVAILABLE FILES
Ouellete.pdf · 1.9MB46 downloads



Viewed by 104 distinct readers




CLOUD COMMUNITY REVIEWS

The evaluations below represent the judgements of our readers and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Cloud editors.

Click a star to be the first to rate this document


POST A COMMENT
SIMILAR RECORDS

Using an ‘open approach’ to create a new, innovative higher education model
Huggins, Susan; Smith, Peter; Gil-Jaurena, Inés
Navigating learning, formal or informal, can be overwhelming, confusing, and impersonal. With more options than ever, the process of deciding what, where, and when can be overwhelming to a learner. The concept of Open ...
Match: smith, peter

Use of open educational resources at the UOC
Griset, Roger; Rivera López, José Manuel
The Open University of Catalonia (UOC: Universitat Oberta de Catalunya) is currently implementing its 2009-2014 Strategic Plan, which devotes an entire section to open educational resources. The working group on this ...
Match: ocw; open educational resources

From open content to open course models: Increasing access and enabling global participation in higher education
Morgan, Tannis; Carey, Stephen
Two of the major challenges to international students’ right of access to higher education are geographical/economic isolation and academic literacy in English (Carey, 1999, Hamel, 2007). The authors propose that ...
Match: ocw; open educational resources

Badging and employability at the Open University
Law, Patrina; Perryman, L -A.; Law, Andrew
Awarding badges to recognise achievement is nothing new. Of late, badging has gone digital, offering new ways to recognise learning and motivate learners, providing evidence of skills and achievements both within and ...
Match: informal learning; open educational resources

Faculty and student perspectives toward Open Courseware, and open access publishing: Some comparisons between European and North American populations
Hardin, Joseph; Cañero, Aristóteles
Instructor and student beliefs, attitudes and intentions toward contributing to local open courseware (OCW) sites have been investigated through campus-wide surveys at Universidad Politecnica de Valencia and the ...
Match: ocw; open educational resources

Motivations, achievements, and challenges of self-directed informal learners in open educational environments and MOOCs
Bonk, Curtis; Lee, Mimi
This research targeted the learning preferences, goals and motivations, achievements, challenges, and possibilities for life change of self-directed online learners enrolled in a massive open online course (MOOC) ...
Match: informal learning; open educational resources

Open Educational Resources university: An assessment and credit for students initiative
McGreal, Rory; Mackintosh, Wayne; Taylor, Jim; McGreal, Rory; et al.
Match: plar

What’s educational about Open Educational Resources? Different theoretical lenses for conceptualizing learning with OER
Panke, Stefanie; Seufert, Tina
In the last decade, the concept of Open Educational Resources (OER) has gained an undeniable momentum. However, it is an easy trap to confuse download and registration rates with actual learning and interest in the ...
Match: informal learning; open educational resources

Choosing the right platform for OER projects
Hwang, Meena
There are many technical decisions to be made in starting an open educational resources (OER) project, and a decision on what platform to use is one of the most preliminary and important considerations. OER projects ...
Match: ocw; open educational resources

Our history
MIT
In 1999, MIT Faculty considered how to use the Internet in pursuit of MIT's mission—to advance knowledge and educate students—and in 2000 proposed OCW. MIT published the first proof-of-concept site in 2002, ...
Match: ocw; open educational resources