| Holistic | Broad-based learning and instruction that is interconnected; not restricted to academic learning. |
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| Modular learning | Learning that is made up of separate, but complete, components that can be rearranged, replaced or interchanged easily. |
| Outreach | The provision of services to individuals or groups who might otherwise be neglected. |
| Participatory assessment | collaborative relationship among learners and staff in determining the goals, texts and contexts of assessment, as well as in judging its outcomes. |
| Practice-based | Grounded in what actually happens, for example in classrooms, rather than on theory. |
| Prior learning assessment and recognition (PLAR) | The assessment and recognition of people's previous learning, both credit and non-credit, formal or informal. |
| Program | A plan of activities for achieving something; in this case, the development of activities (often in a carefully planned sequence) that will improve literacy knowledge and skills; the overall program that learners are attending e.g. Academic studies, ALBE. |
| Self-directed learning | Any study form in which individuals have primary responsibility for planning, implementing, and even evaluating their learning effort. |
| Special needs | Physical, social, emotional, or mental needs that may require a learner to have additional supports to access equal educational opportunities. |
| Supports | Resources (equipment, training, specialized instruction, support services such as student housing, daycare etc.) to help meet learner’s needs. |