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Beware of Copycat Accreditations That Lack Integrity

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Not long ago, the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) was asked about a certain international organization that was advertising its new continuing education and training accreditation program.  IACET’s staff examined the new organization’s website and found that a large portion of its content was copied verbatim from IACET’s website.

What is a CEU?

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In this post, IACET examines important questions about the CEU (Continuing Education Unit). Questions answered in this post include:

  • What is the CEU?
  • What is the purpose of the IACET CEU?
  • How does the CEU compare to college credit?
  • How did IACET become the standard bearer and the caretaker of the CEU?

What is Adaptive Learning?

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Adaptive learning is moving into the corporate world. It has the capability to solve many of the problems that have plagued e-learning for the last thirty years—problems that have led many employees and business leaders to have a less-than-rosy view of online training.  Adaptive learning expert Nick Howe, CLO, of Area9 Learning, provides an excellent primer on adaptive learning and some fasicnating data that lies behind this innovative approach to e-learning.

Open Source LMSs Continue to Advance with Open edX

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EdX is a nonprofit online initiative created by founding partners Harvard and MIT and composed of dozens of leading global institutions, the xConsortium. EdX offers interactive online courses and MOOCs from the world’s best universities and institutions.

Open edX is used by some of the most innovative companies in the world, including Johnson & Johnson, Google, and McKinsey. IACET has partnered with Extension Engine for this blog article and attached webinar to explore how to take advantage of Open edX’s capabilities to drive revenue or create impact at your organization. 

IACET Accredited Provider Pens Open Letter to Water Treatment Regulators About CE/T

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The following letter was sent to water and waste water regulators in the United States by Bill Edgar, President of the CEU Plan, a provider of continuing education for water and waste water professionals nationwide.  In his letter, Bill outlines the challenges involving training needs in the water processing industry.  Bill highlights the need for quality standards for instructional design and delivery and how IACET could help ensure quality training passes from one generation to another. This letter was printed with permission.

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