<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Accreditation of prior experiential learning and democratisation of education: empirical evidence using multiple regression analysis"^^ . "Access to education is still a worldwide problem due to various inequalities. The\r\nMalaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA) introduced the Accreditation of Prior\r\nExperiential Learning (APEL) mechanism which enables individuals who have work\r\nexperience but lack in formal academic qualifications to pursue their studies at higher\r\neducational institutions. APEL Centre is an approved assessment centre for MQA. The\r\nmain purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between service quality\r\nprovided by APEL Centre, awareness on APEL and democratisation of education.\r\nA literature review to build the research instrument. Survey questionnaires were\r\nadministered and a total of 168 were usable responses from Open University Malaysia\r\n(OUM). Face-to-face data collection procedure was adopted. A total of 63% of the\r\nrespondents were aware of the entry requirements using APEL whereas 27% needed\r\nmore clarification. The candidates who obtained the services from APEL Centre were\r\ninterested to gain admission in Diploma (3%), Degree (58%) and Master (39%)\r\nprogrammes in Malaysia. The data collected were cleaned and issues related to data\r\nnormality (Kurtosis < 3.00; Skewness < 1.00) were primarily resolved. The Cronbach\r\nAlpha for service quality of APEL Centre (a = 0.97), awareness on APEL (a = 0.94)\r\nand democratisation of education (a = 0.96) were far above acceptable. The reported R\r\nsquare (0.54) indicated goodness of fit of the total regression model. Service quality\r\nprovided by APEL Centre (p = 0.01) and awareness on APEL (p = 0.02) were both\r\nsignificant variables when examined against democratisation of education in OUM.\r\nThe empirical evidence given clearly implies that APEL can help increase access to\r\neducation. The role of informal and non-formal education can heighten global\r\ncitizenship of the candidates. Future researchers are recommended to validate the\r\nexisting measurement by performing confirmatory factor analysis and qualitative\r\ninterviews to narrow the methodological gap available. (Abstract by authors)"^^ . "2019-04" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ""^^ . "Nurul Amanina Muhamad Jufari"^^ . " Nurul Amanina Muhamad Jufari"^^ . . ""^^ . "Afzhan Khan Mohamad Khalil"^^ . " Afzhan Khan Mohamad Khalil"^^ . . ""^^ . "Aznan Ariffin"^^ . " Aznan Ariffin"^^ . . ""^^ . "Widad Othman"^^ . " Widad Othman"^^ . . "Open University Malaysia (OUM)"^^ . . . . . "International Conference on Education (ICE 2019)"^^ . . . . . "Kuala Lumpur"^^ . . . . . . "Accreditation of prior experiential learning and democratisation of education: empirical evidence using multiple regression analysis (Text)"^^ . . . . . "library-document-1174.pdf"^^ . . . "Accreditation of prior experiential learning and democratisation of education: empirical evidence using multiple regression analysis (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "lightbox.jpg"^^ . . . "Accreditation of prior experiential learning and democratisation of education: empirical evidence using multiple regression analysis (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "preview.jpg"^^ . . . "Accreditation of prior experiential learning and democratisation of education: empirical evidence using multiple regression analysis (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "medium.jpg"^^ . . . "Accreditation of prior experiential learning and democratisation of education: empirical evidence using multiple regression analysis (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "small.jpg"^^ . . . "Accreditation of prior experiential learning and democratisation of education: empirical evidence using multiple regression analysis (Other)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #1174 \n\nAccreditation of prior experiential learning and democratisation of education: empirical evidence using multiple regression analysis\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "LC5201 Education extension. Adult education. Continuing education"@en . .