Welcome to CAPLA’s FREE RPL@HigherEd Spring Webinar Series CAPLA is inviting you to participate in two, free ZOOM sessions this spring. The purpose of these meetings is to share activities, research, innovative approaches, and challenges associated with supporting non-traditional adult learners looking for recognition in higher education, to facilitate their education completion. These individuals may have […]
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2025 Fall Webinar Series
Register for RPL and the Future of Work Webinars Our webinars are designed to give participants concrete tools and strategies that you can use to incorporate PLAR/RPL into your own practice. This fall’s series, “RPL and the Future of Work,” explores the role PLAR/RPL can play in your own career development, as well as in […]
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Welcome to CAPLA’s FREEUniversities and RPL Fall program (See Resources below) September 25 & October 7 at 12 noon (ET)The Canadian Association for Prior Learning Assessment (CAPLA) is inviting you to participate in two, free ZOOM sessions this fall, hosted by the Universities and RPL Working Group. The purpose of these meetings is to share activities, […]
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Guiding Principles for Quality RPL Practice in CanadaIn a systemic model, reliance on these principles is key to all aspects of quality practice. These nine principles are meant to be referenced as a collective approach to practice, and not to be used as stand-alone principles. AccessibleProcesses provide information, advice and access by being: responsive to […]
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“Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) is a set of processes that allows individuals to identify, document, be assessed, and gain recognition for their prior learning. The focus is on the learning, rather than where or how the learning occurred. Knowledge, skills and abilities gained from life experiences may be formal, informal or non-formal. RPL processes […]
Read More...CAPLA’s Community of Learning (CoL)
The CoL is a participant-driven space, open to anybody interested in PLAR/RPL. CAPLA facilitates the sessions, but the community shapes them. This is a safe space where we can discuss, share and support each other in the PLAR/RPL work that we do. If you are relatively new to the PLAR/RPL field, come and benefit from […]
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