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The university as a workplace for lecturer competence recognition and qualifications enhancement through RPL and learning contracts UniSo Summer Conference University of Nice Sophia Antipolis July 2013 Dr Anne Murphy Dublin Institute of Technology
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The university as a workplace for lecturer competence recognition and qualifications enhancement through RPL and learning contracts
UniSo Summer ConferenceUniversity of Nice Sophia Antipolis
July 2013
Dr Anne MurphyDublin Institute of Technology
Dr Anne Murphy, DIT, July 2013 [email protected]
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Focus of the Presentation
RPL for university
staff
Academic Quality Assurance
Using the NQF & Bologna process
RPL capacity building by ‘doing it’ internally first
Individual Qualifications
progression
Dr Anne Murphy, DIT, July 2013 [email protected]
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RPL practice for staff progression
National and internal QA policies and procedures
Applying NQFs, Dublin Descriptors
(and EQF)
Localising all aspects of RPL to the bachelor award concerned and involving several staff as
designers, mentors and assessors
Facilitating progression and mobility of academic staff
Dr Anne Murphy, DIT, July 2013 [email protected]
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Competent local staff manage an agreed system and procedures
Bachelor CURRICULUM designed with Learning Outcomes which can be achieved
by evidence of prior learning
NEED for staff qualifications enhancement in SPECIALIST BACHELOR areas
Dr Anne Murphy, DIT, July 2013 [email protected]
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DOSSIER of RPL EVIDENCE
to support an application to achieve the DIT award DT 714Bachelor of Technology (Automotive Technology and Diagnostics)
on the basis of accreditation of prior learning (RPL)
Submitted to: Department of Transport Engineering, School of Mechanical and Transport Engineering College of Engineering & Built Environment Dublin Institute of Technology
By:
Date:
Student registration number:
Date of submission:
DOSSIER of RPL EVIDENCE
to support an application to achieve the DIT award DT 714Bachelor of Technology (Automotive Technology and Diagnostics)
on the basis of accreditation of prior learning (RPL)
Submitted to: Department of Transport Engineering, School of Mechanical and Transport Engineering College of Engineering & Built Environment Dublin Institute of Technology
By:
Date:
Student registration number:
Date of submission:
Dr Anne Murphy, DIT, July 2013 [email protected]
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TABLE OF CONTENTS for RPL Dossier
1. Initial completed application form
2. Letter of acceptance from Department
3. Advanced entry application form and acceptance letter
4. Registration details
5. Details of RPL arrangements for the programme
6. Programme learning outcomes
7. List of programme modules
8. Summary of evidence provided in relation to learning outcomes for modules of the programme to the total value of 180 ECTS credits as arranged in appendices
9. Detailed description of evidence provided and reflective analysis of how there is a ‘good fit’ between the evidence of learning and the learning outcomes of each module in terms of both content and level (36 module of 5 ECTS credits each).
10. List of Appendices (A. B, C etc)
11. Assessment criteria and assessment report templates
TABLE OF CONTENTS for RPL Dossier
1. Initial completed application form
2. Letter of acceptance from Department
3. Advanced entry application form and acceptance letter
4. Registration details
5. Details of RPL arrangements for the programme
6. Programme learning outcomes
7. List of programme modules
8. Summary of evidence provided in relation to learning outcomes for modules of the programme to the total value of 180 ECTS credits as arranged in appendices
9. Detailed description of evidence provided and reflective analysis of how there is a ‘good fit’ between the evidence of learning and the learning outcomes of each module in terms of both content and level (36 module of 5 ECTS credits each).
10. List of Appendices (A. B, C etc)
11. Assessment criteria and assessment report templates
Dr Anne Murphy, DIT, July 2013 [email protected]
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Assessment CRITERIA for prior certificated learning
Good match
Poormatch
Notes
Volume in years
Volume in credits
Level/depth
Learning outcomes
Content
Reading lists
Thesis, project or major products
Practice placement
Internship
Currency of learning
Examination papers
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ASSESSMENT CRITERIA for non-formal or informal learning (non-certificated)
Good match
Poormatch
Notes
Relevance to the module Learning Outcomes
Currency/recency of the learning (kept up-to-date)
Sufficiency to cover the module LOs to the extent and depth required
Level of the learning in relation to NQF descriptors for the module level is similar
Authenticity: genuinely the evidence of learning of the applicant
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Module exemption/element refused □
Recommended action
□ Exemption interview required □ Challenge test or performance required
□ Additional evidence to be supplied □ Student should take the full module
Module exemption approved □ Exemption from the Module element approved □
OVERALL ASSESSMENT RESULT
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Key Principles
• Subsidiarity to local academic Department with supportive over-sight by Faculty and Academic Quality Assurance.
• Transparency of procedures and assessment criteria
• Tools and documents that are appropriate and fit-for-purpose
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Is there anything new in this RPL example?
1. No external panel or jury2. Locally ‘Normalisation’ into:• curriculum design and documentation• progression awards pathways• academic quality and assessment regulations• student records Particularly, it encourages capacity building of staff at the local
level to use RPL to meet local needs
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Other advantages for expansion of RPL
• It is not TOP-DOWN • It is not POLICY-DRIVEN• It uses local expert knowledge of how
knowledge, skills and competences operate in the sector
• It attracts the confidence of colleagues as a locally-designed and quality assured process
• It builds local capacity better than external training and external examples.
Dr Anne Murphy, DIT, July 2013 [email protected]
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Acknowledgements
Thanks to my colleagues in the Department of Transport Engineering, Dublin Institute of Technology in design and implementation of this RPL mechanism for staff.
The challenge now is to scale up the model for external applicants and to extend the process to other qualifications fields.
Dr Anne Murphy, DIT, July 2013 [email protected]
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Thank you for listening.
Please ask questions.
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