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Webinar Series - Economic Impact of Prior Learning Assessment in BC

  • April 28, 2021
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Online

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Economic Impact of Prior Learning Assessment in BC

with Dr. Kevin Wainwright and Justine Arsenault


Date & Time: April 28, 2021, 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. PST.

Location: Online. 

Registration deadline: April 27, 2021

Cost: Free

Please join us for a series of webinars on Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) to learn more about ways to harness PLAR for Career Advancement, as well as its economic impacts in British Columbia!

Webinar Description

This presentation will share the economic impact of prior learning assessment in British Columbia. The presenters will address the current state of prior learning assessment in BC’s public post-secondary institutes and the return on investment. The BCIT presenters conducted the economic impact study on behalf of BC’s Prior Learning Action Network (BCPLAN).

About the presenters:

Kevin Wainwright is the Associate Dean in BCIT’s School of Business + Media and Director of the BCIT SITE Centre, which undertakes prior learning related research and assessment activities. He developed BCIT’s Advanced Placement and Prior Learning (APPL) Program, which assists adult learners by providing learning recognition and fast-track credential options.



Justine Arsenault is a Program Planning Analyst with BCIT’s SITE Centre and responsible for assessing the knowledge, skills and experiences of adult learners and advising them on educational pathways based on the APPL method. She also manages the BCIT Legion Program, providing prior learning assessments as well as career development and transition support to Canadian Armed Forces members.


Keynote Speaker: David Porter, Ed.D.

Dr. David Porter is principal consultant at DP+Associates, located in North Vancouver, British Columbia. He is a long-time advocate for the benefits of adapting new technology and transformational learning practices for delivering educational opportunities, and has been involved in online, open and distance learning since the 1990s.

David was the CEO of eCampusOntario from 2016-2020, leading initiatives across Ontario’s 45 universities and colleges to innovate in the technology-enabled learning space and explore new ideas such as micro-credentials to provide nimble pathways to learning and skills training. David was formerly Executive Director of BCcampus, where he and his team engineered Canada’s first government funded open textbook program, a leading-edge development in Canadian higher education in 2012. He has also worked as an Associate Vice-President of Educational Support and Innovation at the British Columbia Institute of Technology, as Dean of Innovative Learning at Humber College, and most recently as Senior Adviser – Higher Education at the Commonwealth of Learning.

David has also worked as a project leader and consultant for international open and distance learning initiatives, including projects in Mongolia, Vietnam, and India. In 2018, he was awarded the Canadian Network for Innovation in Education’s (CNIE) Leadership Award. On October 9, 2019, he received an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Kwantlen Polytechnic University in British Columbia, for his work in innovating teaching and learning practices that employed open and technology-enabled learning.


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