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Improving Public Services through Collaboration in Education. #Collaborate2020 #OPS2020 # ITCarlow. Building a collaborative relationship with a particular focus on Recognition of Prior Learning. Deirdre Goggin Cork Institute of Technology. What Engagement Looks Like …. Shared Governance.
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Improving Public Services through Collaboration in Education #Collaborate2020 #OPS2020 #ITCarlow
Building a collaborative relationshipwith a particular focus on Recognition of Prior Learning Deirdre Goggin Cork Institute of Technology
What Engagement Looks Like … Shared Governance Supporting Entrepreneurship Recruitment Site Visits CV and Interview Skills Career fairs Student Projects Applied research Enhancement of employability skills Guest lectureships Work-placement CPD Course design, monitoring and delivery Patents and licences External examiners Commercialisation Work-based learning Professional Bodies Spin-outs and spin-ins Sharing of facilities Talent Development Volunteering RPL Long-term relationship planning Alumni Relations Sponsorship Service Learning
Continuum of Learning Non linear process which should facilitate the transitions of learners to engage with new learning when needed, to recognise previously acquired learning for mobility and recognition purposes. Recognition of Prior Learning can facilitate these transitions through the recognition of previously acquired formal, informal and non-formal learning which builds on what the learner already knows
Workforce Development and RPL RPL can be central to these discussions
CIT and AFTA (Atlantic Flight Training Academy) • Need : Honours Degree for employment opportunities. • Who : Pilots • How: Mapping of pilot training to the national framework of qualifications factoring in training and workplace learning • Equivalent to 120 ECTS Credits • BA Honours in International Business with Aviation Studies • 120 credits delivered online through adobe connect
CIT and BSCi • Learning clinic • Key talent upskilling requirement • Customised course development factoring in RPL and Work Based Learning • Expanded for other companies through Skillnet • An additional customised course development for a different cohort of the organisation building on RPL and work based learning in development.
Research basis • VISKA – Validation of learning of low skilled, migrants and refugees • EvaVol – Validation of learning of volunteers • Fit4fof – Validation of workplace skills for the factory of the future • Coderdojo – Validation of skills acquired through programming
Building a sustainable approach to Collaboration • Single point of contact • Customer Relationship Management System • Good practice guides, staff CPD
Deirdre Goggin Deirdre.Goggin@cit.ie www.cit.ie/rpl http://Extendedcampus.cit.ie
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