The VPL Biennale is a global conference series about systems and practices of Validation of Prior Learning (VPL) for lifelong learning, working and living. The VPL-Biennale concept was designed and initiated by the Foundation European Centre Valuation Prior Learning (EC-VPL) for the Erasmus+ project ALLinHE in 2012. As the companion to the 3rd VPL Biennale in Berlin, Germany on May 7-8, 2019, this book provides insight into the many ways for designing and applying VPL across the globe. The collection of articles address the following questions on VPL: How can bridges be built among stakeholder
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The VPL Biennale is a global conference series about systems and practices of Validation of Prior Learning (VPL) for lifelong learning, working and living. The VPL-Biennale concept was designed and initiated by the Foundation European Centre Valuation Prior Learning (EC-VPL) for the Erasmus+ project ALLinHE in 2012. As the companion to the 3rd VPL Biennale in Berlin, Germany on May 7-8, 2019, this book provides insight into the many ways for designing and applying VPL across the globe. The collection of articles address the following questions on VPL: How can bridges be built among stakeholders from the worlds of business, volunteering, and education in order for VPL results to have value? What forms of financing have to be in place in order to make VPL accessible to all learners? What kinds of procedures and instruments provide valid results and can cater for a large number of candidates? What support structures have to be available in order to reach disadvantaged learners? What follow-up measures are required for validation to facilitate further learning and enhanced career paths? What issues need to be addressed by laws and regulations for VPL to be effective?
Edited excerpts from publication.
The contents are as follows: Keynotes: Validation of prior learning: new developments and remaining challenges / Borhene Chakroun (pages 19-24); Validation in Europe: the state of play / Ernesto Villalba (pages 25-40); Transnational cooperation in VPL / Brikena Xhomaqi (pages 41-49). Track one, 'Organisational arrangements': [Introduction] / Anni Karttunen (pages 53-55); Building sustainability through organisational arrangements: the case of Ireland and the Cork Institute of Technology / Deirdre Goggin (pages 57-65); Filled with skills: organisational arrangements in the third sector in Finland / Lotta Pakanen (pages 67-71); Implementing across jurisdictions: the case of internationally educated nurses in Canada / Christine Wihak (pages 73-78); The importance of skills recognition: an ILO project review of India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Tanzania and Jordan / Christine Hofmann and Helen Kirsch (pages 79-88). Track two, 'Financing': [Introduction] / Jennifer Faulkner and Martin Noack (pages 89-91); Cost analysis of VPL / An De Coen, Kristof Mertens and Miriam Van Hoed (pages 93-106); Benefits and effects of validation for individuals and organizations: a cross sectional investigation into the effects of VPL / Patrick Leushuis and Lieve Van den Brande (pages 107-113). Track three, 'Procedures and instruments': [Introduction] / Bodil Husted and Antra Carlsen (pages 115-118); Quality in validation: a Nordic model and a Nordic study / Per Andersson, Timo Halttunen and Ulla Nistrup (pages 119-130); Lever up: levering transversal competences up for increasing mobility and employability across Europe / Lorenza Leita (pages 131-136); Facilitating educational opportunities for pilots using cohort [recognition of prior learning] RPL / Pio Fenton and Deirdre Goggin (pages 137-146); Digital open badge-driven learning: practical applications to support validation of prior learning / Sanna Brauer (pages 147-158); #Showyourskills: analogue and digital multilingual tools for validating transversal and professional skills with low-skilled, migrants and refugees in Germany / Martin Noack and Lena Wittenbrink (Pages 159-178).
Track four, 'Support structures': [Introduction] / Ernesto Villalba (pages 179-183); The VPL option for adult in Switzerland: support on the pathway to a formal vocational qualification / Deli Salini and Patrizia Salzmann (pages 185-197); Coordinating validation and career guidance / Ernesto Villalba and Antonio Ranieri (pages 199-209); Toteemi: a nation-wide development and research project on integrating work and higher education in Finland / Marjaana Makela (pages 211-216); Competitors or powerful allies?: formal technical vocational education and training versus recognition of non-formal and informal learning outcomes / Mona Pielorz and Patrick Werquin (pages 217-224); The Italian national system of competence certifications: the atlas of work and qualifications and its role for VPL / Roberto Trainito and Stefania Lemme (pages 225-236); Observal in Honduras: conceptual framework of the observatory for the validation of professional competences and human capabilities in Honduras / Celeo Emilio Arias (pages 237-248). Track five, 'Post-validation pathways': [Introduction] / Ruud Duvekot (pages 249-252); The candidate at the centre in the banking sector: an online portal to drive large-scale access to RPL / Karen Deller (pages 253-262); Caught in an education system designed for a past era / Jim Rickabaugh (pages 263-268); Dialogical validation in Dutch teacher training: VPL-enhanced learning strategies in the Netherlands / Ruud Duvekot and Klaas Doorlag (pages 269-278); Recognition of prior learning and flexible learning pathways in South Africa: a national view / Heidi Bolton, Joe Samuels, Omotola Akindolani and Takatso Mofokeng (pages 279-290); Validation in volunteering: a study on outcomes and impact of the validation of volunteers' competences / Jo Peeters, Jens Aichinger, Karl-Heinz Gerholz, Leonie Weigt, Guus Bremer, Pauline Boivin, Eeva Jeronen, Lotta Pakanen, Ida Adolfova, Alzbeta Brozmanova Gregorova and Maria Joklova (pages 291-297); A personal experience of the French validation system: validation at the University of Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne / Franz Fuchs-Weikl (pages 299-305); Using validation to improve the quality of Portuguese [small and medium enterprises] SMEs / Ana Catarina Mendes Garcia and Maria do Carmo Vieira da Silva (pages 307-319). Track six, 'Legal foundation': [Introduction] / Lieve Van den Brande (pages 321-325); VPL's legal foundation in the Faroe Islands: establishing a national VPL legal framework / John Dalsgard (pages 327-333); Towards a more comprehensive law for VPL in Belgium-Flanders / Nathalie Druine (pages 335-342); The French legal framework of validation of prior learning / Yolande Fermon (pages 343-348).
The VPL Biennale called for examples of best practice in three categories. The competition offered applicants from around the world an opportunity to communicate best practice, helping to further develop and implement effective VPL systems. The three categories of the VPL-prize 2019 were: (1) products - including tools and instruments that make learning outcomes visible or help assess them; (2) procedures - including structured pathways for getting learning outcomes validated, training for assessor and guidance counsellors, or mechanisms for quality assurance of validation processes; and (3) policies - including regional, national or industry guidelines, laws and regulations on validation of prior learning. The three prize-winners for each category are presented in the final chapter.
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