Transcript Heading here 1 - SCQF | Scottish Credit and Qualifications

Karen Adams
NES
Margaret Cameron
SCQF Partnership
Objectives
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Introduce the RPL Network;
RPL Toolkit
RPL Examples – case studies
Outcome of RPL Event
Discussion
Informal and Non Formal Learning:
RPL Development
Key Features of RPL
• Benchmark learning to the SCQF
• Identification of learning pathways
• Support for learners in transition from
informal to formal learning
• Support for staff that are supporting
learners
• Monitoring process for RPL
• Integration within the overall QA systems
Criteria for Assessment
• Acceptability
– An appropriate match between the evidence
presented and the learning outcomes
• Sufficiency
– Of breadth and depth, including evidence of
reflection, to demonstrate the achievement of the
learning outcomes claimed
• Authenticity
– The learners own learning
• Currency
– Learning current and not out of date
Scottish Skills Strategy
• ..develop a system to ensure that they
recognise the value of individuals’ prior
learning and wider achievement by
building on work already undertaken
through the SCQF
• ...move quickly to ensure that the SCQF
embraces more learning opportunities by
…. encouraging the recognition of informal
learning
RPL Network
April 2008
Feedback
RPL meant different things to different
people;
Provision was patchy
Develop a Network
Develop a `Business Case’
--- Why bother?
Recognition of Prior Learning
RPL is the process for recognising learning
that has its source in experience and/or
previous formal, non-formal and informal
contexts.
Formal Learning
Credit Transfer
• Learning previously been assessed and credit
rated:
– Mainstream Qualifications
– Non-traditional credit rated learning
• Can help learners to:
– Move between faculties or between universities and
colleges
– Move from one qualification to another
– Decision is always the receiving institution / awarding
body
Why Bother?
• To assist learners identify their learning;
• Avoids duplication and helps with
progression.
• Formative –
– for career or personal development
• Summative –
– for credit towards a qualification
Examples
SSSC
RPL towards SVQ3
NES
Pathways to Recognition project
QAA
European showcase of Scottish
RPL – and the setting up of a
European network
SCQF Network
RPL Toolkit
RPL Event
November 2010
Over 60 delegates
Support required:
Training, workshops for organisations;
Examples of good practice, case
studies
Raise awareness
Create a process of recognition
Following on from the event
A spur to action.
For example, NES now tabling discussions with
health and education partners to support:
• greater transparency and consistency in – and
access to - RPL systems
• more effective resourcing of RPL routes into
learning
• more effective use of RPL as part of learning
provided via employers
Discussion
How do you –
or could you –
make use of
RPL?
How can the SCQF
RPL Network help you
make the most of RPL?
What are your
drivers for
RPL?
What
challenges are
there to your
making best use
of RPL? And
how can they be