Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL): a process used to assess an individual's relevant prior learning (including formal, informal and non-formal learning) to determine the credit that may be granted.
The process of RPL is as follows: Identifying what a person knows and can do; Matching the person's knowledge, skills and experience to specific standards and the associated assessment criteria of a qualification; Assessing the learning against those standards; and.
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) is a method of assessment [leading to the award of credit] that considers whether learners can demonstrate that they can meet the assessment requirements for a unit through knowledge, understanding or skills they already possess and do not need to develop through a course of learning