Global Learning
Qualifications
Framework
Presented by
Nan Travers, Ph.D.
SUNY Empire State College
Prior Learning Assessment Professional Development Series
For Assessing Prior Learning
What is needed …..
• Definition of College/University Level
Learning
• Recognize and assess college/university-level
learning as primary assessment
• Understanding of good evidence
• Assessment Framework:
• Developmental
• Accessible
• Integrative
• Scalable/ Easy to Use
Lumina Foundation
Grant
Develop a framework to assess
college/university-level learning gained
outside the traditional educational
environment
Principles
Learning can be >, <, =
or ≠ concepts
Recognizes
Knowledge:
Any Context
Any Content
Different Audiences:
Meet Needs
Be Usable
Be Accessible
Captures
Learning Story
Researched
College/University Level Learning
• Lumina’s Degree Qualifications Profile
• AAC&U’s LEAP Essential Outcomes & VALUE Rubrics
• 90 (+) countries’ policies, practices & qualifications
frameworks
• National, Regional, Transnational
• Organizational (Labor, Non-profit)
• Pre-College, Graduate level learning
• Related research studies, policies, practices
• PLA practices across different countries
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Australia
Bahamas
Barbados
Belgium
Belize
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
Canada
Chile
Croatia
Czech Republic
Democratic Republic of
the Congo
Denmark
Dominica
Egypt
Estonia
Fiji
Finland
France
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Grenada
Guyana
Haiti
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Jamaica
Jordan
Kiribati
Lao People's
Democratic Republic
Latvia
Lesotho
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Malta
Mauritius
Montenegro
Montserrat
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russian Federation
Samoa
Saudi Arabia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Solomon Islands
South Africa
Spain
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Thailand
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Turkey
Tuvalu and Vanuatu
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United Republic of
Tanzania
United States
Lumina/AAC&U
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Clustered,themed,and defined learning
constructsand descriptors
Global Learning Qualifications
Framework
www.esc.edu/suny-real/global-learning-qualifications-framework
Students
• Needed a different approach
• Flipped model
Use Prompts, Worksheet
& Examples of Evidence
Descriptors, Prompts & Evidence
• Descriptors characterize learning outcomes– they
describe the learning that would be expected
• Introductory Level
• Advanced Level
Faculty &
Evaluators
Learners
Transparent
Descriptor Prompts are questions that ask
learners to address particular descriptors.
Learners pick to which prompts they respond.
Evidence
Templates
ePortfolio template
How
have you
used it?
What do
you
Know?
How did
you
learn it?
Used students’ tasks,
projects, situations,
challenges
Prompted for solutions and
ways learning is integrated
Asked for evidence
Organizing the GLQF prompts
Assessors’ Template
• Provides GLQF learning descriptors
• Provides Student prompts
• Simple rubric
• No evidence
• Some evidence
• Full evidence
• Comments on student’s learning
THANK YOU!
Nan Travers, Ph.D.
SUNY Empire State College
Prior Learning Assessment Professional Development Series

Global Learning Qualifications Framework

  • 1.
    Global Learning Qualifications Framework Presented by NanTravers, Ph.D. SUNY Empire State College Prior Learning Assessment Professional Development Series For Assessing Prior Learning
  • 2.
    What is needed….. • Definition of College/University Level Learning • Recognize and assess college/university-level learning as primary assessment • Understanding of good evidence • Assessment Framework: • Developmental • Accessible • Integrative • Scalable/ Easy to Use
  • 3.
    Lumina Foundation Grant Develop aframework to assess college/university-level learning gained outside the traditional educational environment
  • 4.
    Principles Learning can be>, <, = or ≠ concepts Recognizes Knowledge: Any Context Any Content Different Audiences: Meet Needs Be Usable Be Accessible Captures Learning Story
  • 5.
    Researched College/University Level Learning •Lumina’s Degree Qualifications Profile • AAC&U’s LEAP Essential Outcomes & VALUE Rubrics • 90 (+) countries’ policies, practices & qualifications frameworks • National, Regional, Transnational • Organizational (Labor, Non-profit) • Pre-College, Graduate level learning • Related research studies, policies, practices • PLA practices across different countries
  • 6.
    Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Australia Bahamas Barbados Belgium Belize Bosniaand Herzegovina Botswana Brunei Darussalam Cambodia Canada Chile Croatia Czech Republic Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Dominica Egypt Estonia Fiji Finland France Gambia Georgia Germany Greece Grenada Guyana Haiti Hungary Ireland Italy Jamaica Jordan Kiribati Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia Lesotho Liechtenstein Lithuania Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Malta Mauritius Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Netherlands New Zealand Norway Pakistan Papua New Guinea Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation Samoa Saudi Arabia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Solomon Islands South Africa Spain St. Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia St. Vincent and the Grenadines Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Thailand Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Turkey Tuvalu and Vanuatu United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United Republic of Tanzania United States Lumina/AAC&U Zambia Zimbabwe
  • 7.
  • 8.
  • 9.
    Students • Needed adifferent approach • Flipped model Use Prompts, Worksheet & Examples of Evidence
  • 10.
    Descriptors, Prompts &Evidence • Descriptors characterize learning outcomes– they describe the learning that would be expected • Introductory Level • Advanced Level Faculty & Evaluators Learners Transparent Descriptor Prompts are questions that ask learners to address particular descriptors. Learners pick to which prompts they respond. Evidence
  • 15.
    Templates ePortfolio template How have you usedit? What do you Know? How did you learn it? Used students’ tasks, projects, situations, challenges Prompted for solutions and ways learning is integrated Asked for evidence Organizing the GLQF prompts
  • 16.
    Assessors’ Template • ProvidesGLQF learning descriptors • Provides Student prompts • Simple rubric • No evidence • Some evidence • Full evidence • Comments on student’s learning
  • 17.
    THANK YOU! Nan Travers,Ph.D. SUNY Empire State College Prior Learning Assessment Professional Development Series

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