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Accreditation of Prior

Experiential Learning (APEL)

Mary Young

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What is APEL?

� Credit for experience

� Not what they have done, but what they have learned from that experience

� Scottish Government encourage as it stops students from repeating learning &

saves money

� Students like it as they feel valued, save time and money

� Lecturers like these types of students as they can give examples based on

experience and share this with their peers

� It can help to inform lecturers practice and connects them with the industry

the students are working in

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How we started

� Trying to fit life/work experience into modules (learning outcomes)

� Difficulty was that life/work is not modular and does not have learning

outcomes

� Students found “university language difficult”

� No deadlines given

� Very few completed

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Progression

� Working with Programme Leaders

� Looked at knowledge they would expect a student to know once they

completed a year of study

� Bank of “statements of learning”

� Students could choose statements which match their own specific journey

� Set guideline in plain English as to what is expected

� Submission dates set

� Module created, not as a teaching tool but only as a way of tracking students

and awarding credit

� Aligns to Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF)

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SCQF Framework

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Success

� This approach has been very successful and also works well with large groups

� Approach was changed in 2013, started with Childhood Practice

� 50 students completed in the first year

� Since then bespoke version using this model have been rolled out to the

following Schools:

� Health, Nursing and Midwifery

� Education

� Media, Culture and Society

� Business and Enterprise

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How does it work?

� Students approach school, stating they wish experience to be taken into

account

� Students are given a welcome pack which includes details on how to apply,

what APEL is and how to complete

� Students then apply and enrol on the module “Making Experience Count”

� Once student is enrolled they then choose from the list in their packs the

number of statements required ( 60 credits (30 ECTS) or above = 5

statements & presentation, less than 60 credits (30 ECTS) = 3 statements, no

presentation required)

� Students are expected to submit their first draft by the first submission

deadline

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Examples of Deadline Schedule

Statement Number Submission Dates

1 28th June

2 10th July

3 19th July

4 2nd August

5 12th August

Portfolio Submission 16th August

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Feedback

� Each student should submit their statements of learning by the submission

date, taking care to reference their work appropriately

� Once submitted the programme leader will give feedback on this piece of

work

� Feedback should be acted on and the final piece of work is then placed into

the portfolio

� As the student progresses through their claim the work improves based on the

feedback given in previous statements

� The cycle is continued until the student has submitted all statements of

learning

� Each statement can only be submitted for feedback once

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Portfolio of work

� Once all the feedback given has been acted on, the student is then required

to place the final statements of learning in their portfolio

� In this folder they should also put

� Evidence to back up their claim, this can be workplace training certificates, plans,

schedules etc.

� They must also reference their work and their reference list must also be included

� The finished portfolio is then submitted by the deadline given for marking

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Presentation

� If credit claimed is 60 credits (30 ECTS) or above student must do a

presentation

� Presentation should be approximately 10-15 minutes long

� Based on a section within the portfolio (one of the statements of learning)

� Should have time for questions and answers at the end

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Final Stage

� All portfolios must go through Subject Panels for credit to be awarded

� Once credit has been approved it must be transferred to students record and

a pass is awarded to the Making Experience Count module

� Student is then offered a place on programme at the appropriate level

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Example of Statement of Learning

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Thank you for listening

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