Experience, Achievements and Learning
It is significant that currently only 4.3% of adults with low formal education in the EU participate in lifelong learning. The need to create, promote and support a learning society is currently being hampered by problems such as how to bridge the gap between informal, non-formal and formal learning, how to support and activate hard to reach and underserved learner groups and how to apply technology to social innovations. As the recent response paper from the Lifelong Learning Platform to the EU’s Future of Learning (2018) states: “we urge Member States to broaden[their] scope to the non-formal and informal learning as providers in this area, particularly civil society organisations, are in a strategic position for reaching out to the most vulnerable and marginalised groups in society.”
Everyone belongs to Local Recognition Networks (LRNs) of some sort, which may be a professional, civic or social network, informal or formal (club, association, business, trade union, etc.). Whether for leisure or work pursuits, these LRNs are places where individuals develop a wide range of skills, knowledge, attitudes and values that could be activated beyond those places. But to do so, they would need to be recognised beyond the limits of LRNs.
The objectives of REVEAL (Recognition of Experience Validation of Experience, Achievements and Learning) is twofold:
REVEAL builds on existing and emerging practices with the support of technologies, Open Badges, open data and their application to social innovation to remove barriers to recognition, encouraging new learning and career pathways based on real life experience with a focus on adults with low levels of formal education in, or expected to be, in precarious job situations, e.g. early school leavers, long term unemployed, women back to work, migrants.
This article is divided into four chapters recounting key episodes in the journey of REVEAL, an Erasmus+ project, exploring the potential of Open badges to create Local Recognition Networks (LRNs): Table of contents Quotes “Open Recognition is to recognition what Open Learning is to learning” “Informal learning and recognition is
We’re excited to share with you the highlights from the recent Reveal Stakeholders Seminar held on May 18, 2023. This event, hosted in the beautiful city of Novo Mesto, Slovenia, brought together over 30 participants from various sectors, including education, business, and vulnerable social groups. The seminar was a hybrid
Unveiling the iREVEAL Tool: Unlocking skills and recognition for adult learners Introduction: Learning is an incredible journey that takes place not only within classrooms but also through informal experiences and non-formal education. Recognizing and valuing the skills gained from these learning opportunities is crucial for personal growth and professional development.
At the last meeting of partners from France, the Netherlands, Greece, Italy, Belgium, and Slovenia in Palermo, Sicily in May, we focused on reviewing the progress of the project and intensive preparation of the recognition tool. The Italian partner also presented to us a good practice example, a restaurant and
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