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Assinger, Philipp – Studies in Continuing Education, 2023
The focus of Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) on assessment and credentials has ambivalent implications regarding research on workplace RPL. This article presents and empirically tests a heuristic conceptual framework to support the analysis of workplace RPL and its relation to learning at work. RPL is defined as a practice of workplace…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Workplace Learning, Recognition (Achievement), Credentials
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Bowles, Marcus; Brooks, Benjamin; Curnin, Steven; Anderson, Helen – International Journal of Information and Learning Technology, 2023
Purpose: The value of transverse skills, including human capabilities, has been acknowledged for a significant period of time by major organisations such as UNESCO and the World Economic Forum. This paper reports on the application of microcredentials linked to the Human Capability Framework in a major telecommunications organisation that has a…
Descriptors: Credentials, Telecommunications, Organizations (Groups), Labor Force
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Caves, Katherine M.; McDonald, Patrick – Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2023
Economic shocks provide both risks and opportunities for workplace training programs--the risk of program cancellation or interruption to skills development, and the opportunity to be at the vanguard of economic recovery. This paper analyzes the impact of COVID-19 and the resulting economic shock on training programs in the US using a survey…
Descriptors: Employers, Job Training, Workplace Learning, COVID-19
Glover, Haley – Lumina Foundation, 2021
A study from Lumina Foundation and Walmart shows how Walmart's Live Better U employee education initiative improves outcomes for associates and for Walmart. The report focuses on measurable impact for participating associates and includes disaggregated outcomes by race and ethnicity. Specifically, it shows how Walmart's employees of color use and…
Descriptors: Retailing, Corporations, Workplace Learning, Employees
Febria, Monina; Jones, Theresa – World Education Services, 2023
Immigrant and refugee youth in Canada -- despite high levels of educational attainment -- tend to experience higher rates of unemployment and are more likely to work in low-skilled, low-wage jobs than their Canadian-born counterparts. COVID-19 has exacerbated these employment disparities. Despite the increasing number of job vacancies, Canada is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Youth, Immigrants, Labor Market
Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE), 2023
Over the year, Advance CTE and the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) tracked state activity, cataloged final state policy actions and categorized trends based on the policy areas of focus and today, published State Policies Impacting CTE: 2022 Year in Review. This year's report provides an analysis that spans 37 states who…
Descriptors: State Policy, Educational Policy, Vocational Education, Educational Trends
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Griswold, Wendy, Ed. – Commission for International Adult Education, 2021
The Commission on International Adult Education (CIAE) of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) provides a forum for the discussion of international issues related to adult education in general, as well as adult education in various countries around the globe. These "Proceedings" are from the Commission of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics