3s at a Peer Learning Activity in Tallin (Estonia): “The use of credit and credit points to facilitate the recognition of prior learning”
The PLA has explored different options of how credit(s) and credit points can be used to facilitate the recognition of prior learning (formal, non-formal, informal) from different learning contexts.
The host country Estonia is an example of a country that implemented ECVET principles on system level. There are legal acts in place and ‘Estonian vocational education credit points’ are used in curricula design.
40 participants from 16 countries attended the PLA. To compare and contrast with this approach, differing concepts from other countries were presented: Credit systems, credit frameworks, credit transfer (in systems with and without units), etc. Malta, Ireland and Romania presented their national systems.
The PLA also included a site visit at Teko – Tallinn School of Services and was organised by the ECVET Secretariat which is coordinated by ICF (BE) with 3s as partner. Monika Auzinger (3s) introduced the topic of the ECVET PLA on the benefits of credit systems for curricula, qualifications and validation, Karin Luomi-Messerer (3s) reflected on lessons learned at the end of the event.
The presentations as well as the synthesis report are available here.