On Tuesday we had a session with Module One students focused on the Recognition of Prior Learning Claim (RPL). Those that were a part of this session do blog your thoughts around your Areas of Learning and comment here with your blog post on this so that we can continue the conversations...
As a summary :
The RPL claim is worth 80 credits of your MA
- The RPL claim is comprised of a series of Area Of Learning Essays (AOLs) usually 4 short essays (2,000 words) but this is to be discussed and agreed with your supervisor.
- The Area Of Learning essays (AOLs) should critically reflect on areas of your prior learning that you identify as being significant within shaping your current professional practice.
- AOL titles should nto be job roles/titles, but dig deeper to reveal your learning experiences that may and often are present through many 'roles' you occupy.
- AOLs are expected to engage with extended research - through the essay you are encouraged to reflect on your own experiences in relationship with scholarship in the area of your learning - we talked about this being a way of contextualising and expanding the conversation of your own experiences rather than looking for literature to 'support' you own thinking. You are expected to reference a minimum of three scholars/texts for each AOL essay.
The process is to spend some time thinking, annotating your CV, thinking some more and arriving at the AOL titles you think you would like to expand into essays. You should share these AOL titles with your supervisor (via an email or in conversation through a supervison) to discuss them.
You work on drafting the first AOL you choose to write and send this draft to your supervisor by the deadline published on your schedule, to initiate a feedback discussion on your work. From this feedback and clarity of understanding of the structure and content of the AOL you go ahead and write the others - you do not send a draft of each AOL for feedback, but trust yourself at this point to write.
The RPL claim (all the AOL essays you are submitting this term) is submitted with the RPL claim cover sheet, outlining your claims on November 8th.
For progressing students in Module Two and Three this term with outstanding credit to claim through AOLs, please not this is also the date for you to submit this term.
The RPL claim is submitted on Unihub on your MAPP ACI Programme Page and a copy of the RPL claim cover sheet emailed to your supervisor.
This session was recorded and will be uploaded to your MAPP ACI page in unihub later today (22.9.2021)
Thank you Helen. Please, when will we be told if the RPL credit we applied for has been granted?
ReplyDeleteThe claims that were submitted last term have been approved this should be showing on your student record now.
ReplyDeleteThank you. My record doesn't show anything other than the three modules. It calculates a credit of 10, a registered 90, a total of 100 and states a required 180 which isn't correct either. Should I speak to Teresa please?
DeleteJust popping the link to my latest blog post here as I discuss the process of writing my AOL’s in Module One and how this process helped me re-surface possible areas of inquiry for my research project: https://natashagoldstein-opasiak.blogspot.com/2021/09/module-two-new-beginning.html?m=1#more
ReplyDeleteGreat, Thanks for that!
DeleteThank you Helen for this, very much appreciated as I seem to leave the seminars in such a reflective state I can't condense what was actually said.
ReplyDeletehttps://imogengrace1.blogspot.com/2021/09/dissecting-my-cv-thoughts-so-far.html
This is the link to my blog on Wednesday discussion - feedback & input from all of you would be very handy. Sending love & hope you're all having a magical weekend x
Dear Helen, thank you so so much for the super useful summary!
ReplyDeleteHere is the blog post I wrote after last Tuesday's session:
https://dancingbyelly.blogspot.com/
Just a quick question, who can we ask to find out if our Prior Accredited Learning can be used as part of our RPLs?
Many thanks in advance for your time and help!
Have a wonderful day.
Elly
Sorry everyone, I accidentally just linked the homepage of my blog. This is the actual post I was referring to: https://dancingbyelly.blogspot.com/2021/09/languishing-flowing.html
ReplyDeleteWishing everyone a lovely day!