ITCILO and ILO’s Employment Department, Skills and Employability Branch’s MOOC on Recognition of Prior Learning

Information on its target audience, objectives, modules, format and methodology. The International Labour Organization site contains RPL impact stories, publications and country resources. View their site Publications of interest for RPL training are:Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL): Learning Package,Recognition of prior learning: Key success factors and the building blocks of an effective system,Assessing skills in […]

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Do RPL Better — YouTube Channel

This YouTube channel, created by Deb Carr offers 14 webinars on how to “Do RPL Better”. These webinars are based on findings from her master’s thesis: Global Learning – The RPL Candidate – a neglected stakeholder. YouTube channel

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PLA Handbook for the Northeast Resiliency Consortium

This Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) Handbook, authored by Nan L. Travers contains 7 chapters: Introduction to Prior Learning Assessment (PLA); The Five Critical Factors of PLA Programs; PLA Philosophy, Mission and Policies; Institutional Support of PLA; PLA Program Practices; Professional Development on PLA; and PLA Program Evaluation. Its appendices include PLA Policy and Practice Considerations […]

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National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE): Handbook of the Recognition of Prior Learning: Research into practice

Contains four main sections: Overview chapters Researching the Recognition of Prior Learning: The emergence of a field; and Advances in Theorising RPL; Policy-oriented chapters Lifelong Learning Policy and RPL in the Learning Society: The promise of Faure?; and RPL, Labour Markets and National Qualifications Frameworks: A policy perspective; Issues-based chapters RPL and Workforce Development; Treading […]

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