The Canadian Institute for Recognizing Learning (CIRL) and its post-secondary partners have published several resources on quality assurance in PLAR. The project is aimed at encouraging strategies for PLAR quality assurance in colleges and universities. Resources include: Quality Assurance in PLAR: Issues and Strategies for Post-secondary Institutions report – Volume I Quality Assurance in PLAR: […]
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PLAR and Career Development Integrated Efforts
Needs and Opportunities The paper identifies key issues, needs and opportunities raise by career development practitioners and PLAR practitioners with regards to knowledge exchange and cooperative efforts between the two fields. It is a legacy document from the CAPLA Recognizing Learning Conference of October 2006. Development Date: August 2007 Author(s): Gail Hall Download
Read More...PLAR Profile and Proof of Learning Schematic
Advisor Checklist: Helping Clients Develop a PLAR Profile and Proof of Learning Plan A two page schematic with descriptors and checklists to help advisors incorporate assessment and documentation of Essential Skills and Canadian Language Benchmarks within prior learning assessment and recognition (PLAR). This piece will be particularly valuable in working with immigrant and potential immigrant […]
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AIR Web: Red River College (Winnipeg, Manitoba) online resources Red River College is pleased to announce that the content areas of the AIR web site are now available to all web visitors worldwide. Please keep in mind that the SharePoint and SCORE areas of the site are still restricted to RRC staff and are protected […]
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A Valuable Link A summary report of two pre-conference workshops on Prior Learning Assessment Strategies for the HR Practitioner, from the 6th International Forum on PLAR and Qualification Recognition hosted by CAPLA and sponsored by HRDC in October 2006. Development Date: 2007 Author(s): Gwen Wojda, for CAPLA Download
Read More...Recognizing the Prior Learning of Immigrants to Canada
Moving Towards Consistency and Excellence The study clarifies and articulates the process of RPL (Recognition of Prior Learning) and identifies some exemplary practices in which it is used. It provides national research to: examine promising joint models of PLAR/QR systems (defined as RPL); and to identify organizations that offered exemplary RPL systems for foreign trained […]
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