Online Continuing Education: What Kind of Online Education Opportunities Exist?
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Online Education: Online Continuing Education
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With baccalaureate or graduate work years--even decades--behind them, professionals need to stay abreast of trends, training, and education in their field. In many industries what was considered cutting-edge 10, or even five, years ago is obsolete today. (Remember beta, cassette tapes, and phones with cords? Most computers today aren't even configured to accept a floppy disk.) New hardware and software is more efficient, faster, and easier to use so it naturally supplants its predecessors. And that is just in the rapidly changing world of technology. However each industry has developments, improvements, new standards and practices. Online continuing education provides professionals to learn what they need to stay credentialed, or at least relevant in their fields. Nursing, healthcare, mental health, social work, insurance, engineering, education, IT, and accounting for example, are some fields which require regular study to stay "in the know".
A Continuing Education Unit is the recognized means of quantifying professional coursework and training activities. Issuing CEUs is a method of establishing a record of training and education to professionals who are required to submit proof of their continuing education employers or licensing boards.
The International Association for Continuing Education Training (IACET) utilizes the following formula to compute CEUs:
One (1) IACET CEU is equal to ten (10) contact hours of participation in an organized continuing education experience under responsible sponsorship, capable direction, and qualified instruction.
10 hours of instruction = 1 CEU
The same formula is used to calculate the number of CEUs that are awarded for online learning. Developers of online continuing education estimate the amount of time an average learner will take to complete the course, and then convert it to CEUs.
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Remember! Check with your specific regulatory board, employer, or agency to confirm that a course you take from a particular IACET Authorized provider will be accepted. |
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