The Mystery of AOLS

 In response to Jesse

 

I had my first tutorial with my supervisor this week, and I heard myself explaining what the AOLs were. The supporting essays of your  RPL claims– I think I finally cracked it 😀 Long time coming! 

My supervisor was thinking more along the lines that we fill in a table or a column of claims simply for the RPL, but that's for the BA program. A table though seemed like a great idea to start mind mapping. 

The Module 1, Handbook 2 Claims for Prior Learning Review of Learning  really helped me decipher where to start and explains very clearly, that our practice is the knowledge, and that is what we are trying to claim credits for. This type of non academic knowledge we all have from years of practice, we transfer into our continuing teaching in our professional practice today.

So first we decided to look at my first AOL, to break it down and then decide the other 2. With the view that 3 strong AOLs are better than 3 good and one weak. 

 These AOLs Areas of learning are essays that will be put in your RPL form if you will. So if you wanted your AOLs headings to be for instance

a. class management    b. communication     c. choreography  

 then you will need to write a 1500-2000 word essay on each of these topics to prove that learning from your experience. 

We decided to leave the reflective essay till after AOLs were solved, as it will be easier to write then as you use what you have already proven in your AOL essays. This reflective essay ties together all the AOLs but just you need to dig a little deeper. In the AOLs you have dug the holes and planted the seeds, now you are letting your work flourish.  

I wanted to write this as I really struggled and couldn’t find my starting point when I started Module 1 and found it overwhelming, everything I read seemed to take me round in circles and brought me no where closer to where I needed to be.