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Updated News Distance Education Standards and Policies and Procedure

The ARELLO Education Certification Committee (ECC) has completed a review of the Standards and the Policies and Procedures for the Distance Education Certification Program. The new governing documents go into effect on January 1, 2018.

Distance Education Standards
  1. Updated task force member information including founding members.
  2. Correction to a reference in Standard VII-C.
Distance Education Policies & Procedures
  1. Correspondence courses that satisfy current distance education requirements can now be certified.
  2. Presentation Platform wording was inserted to include correspondence courses that are not using a learning management system (LMS).
  3. Procedures 9c and 9e were amended to allow 10-12 incremental "and/or required summative" assessment items per hour of instruction depending on a jurisdiction's requirements for final exams in CE courses. The amendments also require random item selection from assessment banks for all quizzes and exams in all types of courses.
Updated Standards and Policies and Procedures are available now

All applications for certification/recertification received on or after January 1st will need to comply with the new Standards and Policies and Procedures.

If you have any questions regarding the new ARELLO/IDECC Distance Education Certification Standards and Policies and Procedures, please email us at info@idecc.org.

New News Applications Available

IDECC has updated the applications and other forms for submitting courses for certification. These applications will be required for all course submissions as of January 1, 2015.

Primary Provider Applications
Secondary Provider Applications
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