Open Courses

Online Course: Recognition of Prior Learning
2023-04-17 - 2023-06-12
The National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education are delighted to announce that the fully online Open Course, Recognition of Prior Learning, will run from April 2023. This course has been developed in partnership with the Recognition of Prior Learning in Higher Education Project, a HCI Pillar 3 initiative, see www.priorlearning.ie for more details.
This free 6 week course is available to all staff currently working in tertiary education in the Republic of Ireland, subject to availability of places. Additional facilitator training is included so that you can become a facilitator of this course and run it in your own institution. A further commitment of five learner hours will be required for the facilitator add-on, in addition to attendance at two extra webinars over 2 weeks.
Course Schedule

RPL Digital Badge Schedule

Wk beginning
Week
Webinar
Facilitator

17.04.23
Week 1
Wednesday 9.30am – 11.00am
Dr Ciara Staunton

24.04.23
Week 2
Wednesday 9.30am – 11.00am
Dr Ciara Staunton

08.05.23
Week 3
Wednesday 9.30am – 11.00am
Dr Ciara Staunton

15.05.23
Week 4
Wednesday 9.30am – 11.00am
Dr Ciara Staunton

22.05.23
Week 5
Wednesday 9.30am – 11.00am
Dr Ciara Staunton

29.05.23
Week 6
Wednesday 9.30am – 11.00am
Dr Ciara Staunton

06.06.23
Week 7 (Facilitator Badge)
Wednesday 9.30am – 11.00am
Dr Ciara Staunton

12.06.23
Week 8 (Facilitator Badge)
Wednesday 9.30am – 11.00am
Dr Ciara Staunton

Learning Outcomes

Explain the concept of RPL and reflect on its application within their own setting;
Reflect on the potential impact of RPL for an institution, its staff and students;
Identify existing policies and consider their alignment with practice;
Analyse the relationship between programme and module learning outcomes and the RPL candidate.

Learning Activities

Activity
Per week
Six Weeks

Live Webinar
90 min
9 hours

Triad meeting
60 min
6 hours

Independent learning
100 min
10 hours

Total
250 min
25 hours

Content

Indicative content
Facilitator/Guest speaker

RPL – Setting the Scene
RPL – The European Context
RPL – The Irish Context
RPL – Processes e.g. assessment
RPL – Curriculum Design
RPL – Case studies
Dr Ciara Staunton; guest speakers (TBC)

Facilitator’s Badge
Dr Ciara Staunton
Purpose: Develop capacity for delivery of Digital Badge by institution staff for institution staff

Expression of Interest
Registration is now closed (31 March 2023).
For more information, email Dr Ciara Staunton – c.staunton@ucc.ie (Facilitator) or Dr Clare Walsh clare.walsh@thea.ie (RPL in HE Project). See www.priorlearning.ie for more information.
