Topics/Syllabus

The Prior Learning Assessment Certificate Program is comprised of four online workshops.

PLA Workshop 1: This introductory workshop is intended for those with little or no experience with PLA concepts or practices. In this workshop you will become familiar with the language of PLA, a set of standards for the assessment of learning and the procedural steps to run an assessment process.

PLA Workshop 2: This workshop builds on the fundamentals of PLA covered in Workshop 1, including how to apply prior learning assessment principles to the series of decisions that make up assessment activity.

PLA Workshop 3: This workshop focuses on quality assurance and the integration of activities, policies and procedures that ensure that a program's practices are congruent with its goals.

PLA Workshop 4: This workshop focuses on additional quality assurance and the integration of activities, policies and procedures that ensure that a program's practices are congruent with its goals.

Upon completing the first two workshops, you will be awarded a Certificate of Achievement in Prior Learning Assessment. If you successfully complete all four facilitated workshops, you will be granted a Certificate of Mastery in Prior Learning Assessment.