Experiential Credit?

There were times when I was asked to approve experiential credit portfolios. After obtaining the student learning outcomes for a class, students would gather all of the pertinent information about the experience they had that could be used toward meeting each outcome. The information was submitted in a portfolio they had created.

Only some of the classes were approved for experiential credit. After seeing these portfolios, I would have to let each student know what else they were missing before credit were to be granted. When it was all said and done, and credit was finally granted, I have to wonder if it would not have been easier for these students to have just taken the class in the first place. (They did same some educational funds, though!)

Donat, John. Churchill Gardens Estate, Pimlico. 1978. RIBA Library Photographs Collection. http://www.bmiaa.com/tag/riba/