CAPLA hosts webinars on recognition of prior learning at a Canadian and international level. This page includes information on upcoming CAPLA webinars as well as links to recorded proceedings from completed CAPLA webinars (when possible).
To follow up the Belém Framework for Action adopted at the Sixth International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VI) in 2009, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) has taken the initiative to develop the UNESCO Guidelines for the Recognition, Validation and Accreditation (RVA*) of the Outcomes of Non-formal and Informal Learning. UNESCO’s broad agenda […]
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Author(s): Susan Simosko ISBN: 978-0-9781782-1-5 This manual provides an overview of the five assessment methods commonly associated with PLAR and with competency-based assessment. These methods—self-assessments, written examinations, oral questioning, demonstrations and observations, and portfolios—are used by regulatory and licensing bodies, and by educational and training organizations, across Canada and around the world. The manual is […]
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Determining the competencies of an individual requires careful consideration of the person’s knowledge, skills, abilities and experience. Regulatory bodies, certification organizations and universities frequently rely on the evaluation of credentials to determine the level of immigrants’ competence. Increasingly, however, organizations realize that credentials alone do not—perhaps cannotprovide an adequate reflection of what an individual has […]
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In this webinar you will learn about: Canada: CAPLA’s work related to RPL Practitioner competencies, the RPL Standards Working Group and efforts to encourage national standards, identify related training, and consider options for recognition of competent RPL practitioners (assessors, advisors and system facilitators). Development requirements and possible routes for the recognition of competency of individual […]
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