Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition: Emergence of a Canadian Community of Scholars

dc.creator	Christine Wihak
dc.date	2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:06:06Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:06:06Z
dc.identifier	1492-3831
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/fad02f5d22544418a555f3987e08c456
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/10265
dc.description	Prior learning assessment and recognition (PLAR) is the practice of reviewing, evaluating, and acknowledging the information, skills, and understanding that adult learners have gained through experiential or self-directed (informal) learning rather than through formal education (Thomas, 2000). As our current economy and workplaces experience rapid and continuing change, PLAR offers a vital contribution to supporting lifelong and life-wide learning (Evans, 2000). Beyond significant benefits to individual adult learners in terms of confidence-building and enhanced reflective capacity, PLAR’s process translates personal and workplace learning into a portable format, a common coin suitable for public recognition in many different venues. PLAR has hence become an integral feature of lifelong learning policies around the globe and is closely linked with the implementation of national and transnational qualification frameworks (Morrissey et al., 2008).PLAR scholars have a vital role in ensuring that policy and practice in this important field is informed by innovative research. This brief report describes a workshop on scholarly PLAR research, held in Ottawa, Canada on November 6 and 7, 2010 with funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Athabasca University
dc.relation	http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/961/1681
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, Vol 12, Iss 1 (2011)
dc.subject	Prior learning assessment and recognition
dc.subject	PLAR
dc.subject	research
dc.subject	lifelong learning
dc.subject	self-directed learning
dc.subject	experiential learning
dc.subject	national and transnational qualifications
dc.subject	Canada
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition: Emergence of a Canadian Community of Scholars
dc.type	article