All Learning Counts - Skills Recognition of Non-Formal Learning and Aligning to Formal Learning Pathways

22/07/2022 39 min Episodio 5
All Learning Counts - Skills Recognition of Non-Formal Learning and Aligning to Formal Learning Pathways

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Send us a textIn this conversation style interview, Margo Griffith and Jeffrey Lehrer, National RTO Compliance Manager from Scouts Australia, discuss the challenges and opportunities around aligning non-formal learning to formal learning pathways for both their youth members and adult volunteers. They also discuss what youth organisations globally are doing to help participants gain recognition of transferable skills learnt through their programs, to be used as credits towards getting into the course they want or when looking for work.Their topics of discussion include:0:50 - Informal, Non-formal and Formal Learning Within Scouts Australia6:55 - Evidence of Learning and the Complexity of Mapping and Alignment10:02 - Building Tools for the Learner to Articulate Their Skills and Competencies12:10 - The Rio Declaration on Non-Formal Learning From Global Youth Organisations15:53 - Recognition of Learning Involves a Translation Piece - the Scouts Australia Example20:38 - Key Solutions for Recognition of Non-formal to Formal Learning Pathways25:19 - The Role of Policymakers in Recognising Non-formal Education Across All Sectors34:38 - Next Steps in Creating Non-formal to Formal PathwaysVisit Edalex.com to  read the full transcript and more resources.Credentials just got personal - Unleash the power of your skills data and personal credentialsCredentialate is the world’s first Credential Evidence Platform that helps discover and share evidence of workplace skills. Find out more at: edalex.com/credentialateFollow on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/edalexFollow on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjTzWgfUthHonR7Z5LatKGQ

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