Learning Agreements

Individual Learning Plans and Learning Agreements could be the most effective form of assessment in a structure like The Polychronic Classroom.

From the wonderful SLED listserve:

We use an model for assessment that utilises something we call a ‘Learning Agreement’
which is a combination of dissertation and personal development document.

> •      an individual creative approach to study as described in and 
> negotiated through the Learning Agreement.
> •      the demonstration of a consolidated ability to research and 
> produce visual outcomes which reflect the approach to study and 
> which are capable of functioning within the context of graphic arts 
> and design practice.
> •      the demonstration of a developed utilisation of appropriate 
> technical and practical skills in the mediation of ideas and 
> intentions
> •      through the Learning Agreement the demonstration of an 
> informed capacity for self-critical reflection.
> •      through the Learning Agreement the demonstration of the 
> ability to situate the practice within the wider technical, social 
> and cultural contexts of graphic arts and design
> •     the ability to effectively articulate and communicate 
> intentions and outcomes to others within appropriate academic and 
> professional contexts."