Recognition of Experience Based Education and Learning (REBEL)

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Haywood, Paul and Meller, Fred and Kennedy, Maxine and Potts, Ruth (2023) Recognition of Experience Based Education and Learning (REBEL).

Introduction to REBEL

Type of Research:

Other

Creators:

Haywood, Paul and Meller, Fred and Kennedy, Maxine and Potts, Ruth

Description:

The RECOGNITION OF EXPERIENCE-BASED EDUCATION and LEARNING (REBEL) framework is designed to assist learning reflection and evaluation in the context of informal and non-formal lived and educational experiences.

The REBEL competencies and capabilities tool:
The competencies and capabilities tool is a method that offers a variety of structures for evaluating learning gain. It can be used in relation to an individual’s lived experiences as well as their engagement and participation in both non-formal and formal education. The system is composed of 108 descriptors relating to transferable competencies and capabilities.

The tool enhances student awareness of their strengths and positive behaviors, and their personal and professional development needs.

Flexible learning and access:
The REBEL system can facilitate and support the process of application for the Accreditation of Prior Experience and Learning. As such, it can supplement or replace a part of the existing curriculum of a course or assist students without standard qualifications in their applications for HE courses. Current developments with Camden Council are focused on the Extended Project Qualification and the REBEL tool is being deployed to reinforce learner confidence and enable third party endorsements (kite-marked certification).

Development:
The REBEL competencies and capabilities tool is open source and was devised and tested in partnership and with the support of: University of Salford, SOLIDAR foundation, Observal (the Observatory of Validated Learning at Universidad Valladolid), La Ligue de L’Enseignement (France), Workers Educational Association (UK), Trade Union UnionLearn (TUC), and the Open Design and Manufacture EU Strategic Network.

Other Contributors:

Role	Name
Other (web build)	Boonyanamee, Parn
Animator	Lloyd, Cara

Keywords/subjects not otherwise listed:

Andragogy, adult learning, transversal competencies, learning competencies, learning recognition

Your affiliations with UAL:

Colleges > Central Saint Martins

Date:

2 February 2023

Related Websites:

https://rebel-tool.org/, https://www.solidar.org/en/news/clan-project-converting-competency-framework-into-digital-form, https://odmplatform.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/D3.5_Report_Enabling-the-Enablers.pdf, https://library.iated.org/view/POTTS2014FOR, https://library.iated.org/publications/EDULEARN14, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21502552.2021.2019388

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Related Publications:

https://library.iated.org/view/POTTS2014FOR, https://library.iated.org/publications/EDULEARN14, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21502552.2021.2019388

Material/Media:

Digital online and print resources

Date Deposited:

02 Nov 2023 13:39

Last Modified:

19 Feb 2026 11:53

Item ID:

20730

URI:

https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/20730

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