Resources

Links

Agencies

A Learning Alberta

http://www.advancededucation.gov.ab.ca/alearningalberta/

“The Alberta government has made post-secondary education its top priority for 2005. In June 2005, Advanced Education Minister Dave Hancock launched a comprehensive review of Alberta's advanced learning system, including reviews of current funding, tuition, affordability, rural education, innovation, and roles and responsibilities.

Campus Canada” (Home page A Alberta Learning

Canada's Campus Connection - Campus Canada

Provides information to help individual learners and employers to assess whether PLAR credit may be applied to diploma or degree completion with participating universities and colleges.

Campus Canada

Link to frequently asked questions and answers about PLAR.

Campus Canada

Provides information about receiving credit for prior learning in the following sections:

Transfer Credits - Canadian university or college courses or programs.
Workplace Training - private or corporate training.
International Credentials - studies completed in other countries.
Other Prior Learning Assessment - independent study, work, or volunteer activities.

Canadian Society of Association Executives

CSAE.com : Prior Learning Assessment Recognition

Provides information about the process of PLAR used for Canadian executives

CAPLA

Canadian Association for Prior Learning Assessment provides links and resources about PLAR in Canada.

http://www.capla.ca/bench_en_p1.php

Article on Developing Benchmarks for Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition by Malcolm Day

http://recognitionforlearning.ca/practitioner/aboutPLAR.php

Resources for PLAR practitioners

http://recognitionforlearning.ca/learner/aboutPLAR.php

Resources for learners

Council of Adult Education and Learning

http://www.cael.org/

“The Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) is a national non-profit organization which creates and manages effective learning strategies for working adults through partnerships with employers, higher education, government and labor.” (CAEL Web-Site, 2005)

Assessment

Assessing The Quality of Humanitarian Evaluations

http://www.alnap.org/pdfs/QualityProforma05.pd

Authentic Assessments Tool box

http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/toolbox/

Authentic Assessments

http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/assess.shtml

Critical Issue: Rethinking Assessment and Its Role in Supporting Educational Reform

http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/methods/assment/as700.htm

Bibliographies

http://fcis.oise.utoronto.ca/~plar/database/2-1.html

Annotated bibliography about PLAR resources.

The Prior Learning Assessment & Recognition Group

http://fcis.oise.utoronto.ca/~plar/

The PLAR Group has been responsible for the following projects:

Developing an Annotated Bibliography for PLAR (Bibliography)
Determining the current status of the provision of PLAR in Canada and Abroad (Current Status)
Developing a "Values" document for PLAR (Values Statements)
Exploring the current and future users of PLAR. Download the entire report, Dimensions of the Experience of PLAR, 2002, .pdf 484K, [here]. (The Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition Group web-site. Accessed, Sept. 2005)