19 December 2023

Validation of non-formal and informal learning in higher education

On 12 December, the 2nd symposium on "Orientation in a complex field" took place at the University for Continuing Education Krems. Karin Luomi-Messerer gave a lecture.

Around three years after the amendment to the Austrian Higher Education Act was passed, which enabled higher education insti­tu­ti­ons to recognise non-formally and infor­mal­ly acquired com­pe­ten­ces in the cur­ri­cu­lum for the first time, national and inter­na­tio­nal experts from various fields came together at this hybrid event to highlight and discuss expe­ri­en­ces with the imple­men­ta­ti­on of the law on validation.

In addition to overview pre­sen­ta­ti­ons, there were in-depth sessions on national and inter­na­tio­nal approa­ches to vali­da­ti­on in higher education as well as inter­na­tio­nal practical examples with a pre­sen­ta­ti­on by Karin Luomi-Messerer entitled “Fifty Shades of … Insights into Validation Approaches in the European Context”. Other key topics included the per­spec­ti­ve of VET research and adult education on the topic, the expe­ri­en­ces of the higher education insti­tu­ti­ons them­sel­ves and the dis­cus­sion of problems with validation.

All pre­sen­ta­ti­ons and videos of the lectures are available in the online docu­men­ta­ti­on (all in German).


Contact: Karin Luomi-Messerer

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