Introduction to Micro-Credentials

8. PLAR

PLAR stands for Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition and micro-credentials could serve as a good vehicle to recognizing prior learning,  perhaps as a tool or within a portfolio.

PLAR tools include:

• Challenge Exams
• Demonstrations
• Structured Interviews
• Simulations
• Portfolios

PLAR recognizes that learning can be formal, informal, non formal or experiential. Micro-credentials can be formal or informal so there is a possible fit with PLAR

from https://capla.ca/