BCPLAN

Mark your calendars!! 🗓️ Join us at the BCPLAN Symposium 2025: "Stronger Together: Innovating the Future of PLAR through Collective Action." Happening on May 8, 2025, from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM at Kwantlen Polytechnic University's Richmond Campus. Engage in lightning talks, practitioner presentations, a resource fair, and expert panel discussions. Early bird registration is open until April 1. Don't miss this opportunity to connect and collaborate on advancing Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR). For more details and to register, visit https://lnkd.in/gzJSFNjP Kwantlen Polytechnic University

In "Closing Equity Gaps in Credit for Prior Learning: Tools and Strategies To Recognize All Learning", CAEL and Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education detail the successes of the winners of the CPL Equity Awards, including how they closed CPL equity gaps and the outcomes achieved. Read the report here: https://lnkd.in/gip8BBPE #PLAR #CPL #RPL

Check out this opinion piece from Inside Higher Ed which considers reimagining higher education transfer and credit mobility: https://lnkd.in/gaw-dmaT #PLAR #creditmobility #RPL #CPL

This case study explored the general perceptions of RPL role‑players at a western Canadian university during the summer of 2017. The results revealed there were lost opportunities and differences in understanding RPL. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gKzcxfhn #RPL #PLAR

Both RPL and Transfer Credit Systems aim to avoid redundancy in learning and to value students' previous learning, whether from formal education or life experiences. You can register online for this webinar from CAEL: https://lnkd.in/g8V2jS2e #PLAR #RPL #transfercredit

"Prior Learning, often abbreviated as PL or RPL (Recognition of Prior Learning), is becoming a key driver in reshaping education and opening doors to opportunities for learners of all ages and backgrounds." Read more: tinyurl.com/ms3yv42b #PLAR #RPL

Returning to education can be daunting, especially when faced with a sea of acronyms and jargon. But it doesn't have to be! We've curated a comprehensive list of key Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) terms to help you navigate the process. Whether you're just starting or continuing your learning journey, this guide is here to support you. 📝 Explore now: https://lnkd.in/eBNiKvvQ #RPL #YourLearningCounts #HCIPillar3 #LifelongLearning #Education #AdultLearning #CareerDevelopment

Call for Contributions PLAIO#9 This issue of PLAIO welcomes diverse contributions on ways that work in the PLA arena has been and can be an effective response to the realities of all groups of migrants, with or without official documentation, of asylees, and of immigrants, who are caught without the status and/or the credentials that they need to prosper. Specifically, a gathering of materials focused on efforts to use PLA to recognize the skills, knowledge, competencies, and/or credentials of those who have been politically, economically, and culturally displaced is central to this upcoming issue.  We are calling for materials of all kinds: resources that have been created; policies that have been put in place; research that has been done or is on-going; practices that have been engaged, voices from researchers and those affected by existing policies; organizations and programs that have been established.  All submissions to PLAIO #9 should be received by 1 December 2024. For more information, see https://lnkd.in/eS_Vnuj7

This 2016 article from the Canadian Journal of Higher Education uses Alberta as a case study, examining "its higher education system, with emphasis on transfer credit, prior learning assessment, student mobility, and system coordination." https://lnkd.in/gaZhmA5R #PLAR #RPL

This article from 2022 highlights the significant impact PLAR/CPL has on student decision-making. "Messaging about CPL in adult student recruitment could provide a competitive advantage over other postsecondary institutions" Read more at https://lnkd.in/gABg62Xm #PLAR #CPL