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Dr. Nan Travers Presents: BC PLAN Information Session

  • October 06, 2025
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Online
  • 160

Registration

  • This event is free for BC PLAN Members.
  • This event is CAD $10 for non-members and non-students.
  • This event is free for students.

Rethinking Recognition: Emerging Trends in Assessing and Credentialing Learning

What do we really mean by recognition—and how does it shape the ways we assess and credential learning?

Over the past several decades, Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) has become widely accepted, with well-established practices across institutions and countries. Yet, as policies and recognition frameworks have expanded globally, innovation in how we actually assess, document, and validate prior learning has not kept pace.

This session will:

  • Examine emerging trends in assessment strategies.

  • Explore new approaches to collecting and verifying learning outcomes.

  • Consider how credentialing practices and messaging influence learners today.

Key Takeaways

Participants will gain insights into:

  • Current challenges in recognition and credentialing.

  • Opportunities for innovation in assessment practices.

  • Ways to better serve learners through more responsive and forward-thinking recognition frameworks.

Join us to explore how recognition is evolving—and how we can reimagine it to meet the needs of today’s learners.


Register today!


Guest Speaker:

Adina Gray is an educator, speaker, and founder of PurpleOwl AI, a training and consulting firm that helps educators and business professionals harness the power of Generative AI. She also serves as AI Initiatives Lead at Thompson Rivers University, Bob Gaglardi School of Business and Economics, and Advisor for AI & Digital Strategy with the Central Interior Business Accelerator.

With over 15 years of experience in post-secondary education, Adina designs AI literacy programs and delivers hands-on workshops locally and internationally. She has presented and led sessions across Canada, the United States, Europe and Latin America. A 2025 Women in AI North America Awards Finalist and recipient of the 2025 AI Innovator Award at the AI Revolution in Education Show in San Diego, she is committed to making AI accessible and human centered.

Learn more about Adina, here: purpleowlai 

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