Accreditation of non-traditional learning 12th Dec 2008

Accreditation of non-traditional learning

CPD Network meeting 12th December 2008, York

This event showed presentations delivered by Academic staff from 3 HEIs with differing experiences of working with employers to accredit the learning from the workplace. The emphasis within the presentations was on how existing training, whether from induction programmes or ongoing staff development, was incorporated into an academic programme. This theme was continued by an overview of the fdf EBTA (Employer Based Training Accreditation) pilot scheme which works with employers to assess the content and level of learning of employees in order to provide advise on how this might be accredited by HEI’s.

The afternoon session included two interactive workshop facilitated to enable delegates to share experiences using case studies and consider ways of working with employers to accredit the learning.

Presentations

Powerpoint presentations are available by logging in and following the links at the bottom of this page.

Julie Drake – Principal Lecturer, the University of Huddersfield Business School
Working with first direct to accredit in-house training

Professor Conrad Lashley – Centre for Leisure Retailing, Nottingham Trent University
Working in Partnership: developing management skills with JD Wetherspoon

Keith Williams, Senior Lecturer, The Open University Business School
Make your experience count - CPD in Action modules

EBTA
After a networking lunch, Ken Phillips provided an overview of EBTA (employer based training and accreditation) an initiative by fdf

Workshop facilitators

Sandra Hopkins & Chris Cane– University of Leicester
An interactive workshop sharing experiences of working with employers to develop and deliver programmes

Jean O’Neill – Middlesex University
Case Studies of accreditation of work based learning activities – both simple and complex

Attached documents

	JBlake Intro to CPD Workshop 12.12.08	(PPT 747 Kb)
	Julie Drake - Working with first direct to accredit in-house training	(PPT 3646 Kb)
	Professor C Lashley - Working in Partnership: developing management skills with JD Wetherspoon	(PPT 420 Kb)
	Sue Parr and Keith Williams - Make your experience count - CPD in Action modules	(PPT 162 Kb)
	Ken Phillips - Employer Based Training accreditation (EBTA)	(PPT 486 Kb)
	Jean O'Neill - Workshop -Case Studies of accreditation of work based learning activities	(PPT 563 Kb)