I am looking to grow our use of e-learning next year. One thought I had was to do a management-level e-learning certificate program (i.e., take certain courses, spend xx hrs in e-learning, get a certificate; maintain the certificate by continuing xx hrs per quarter/year/whatever).

Wondering if anyone has done something similar within their organizations? If so, would you be open to sharing the structure of the program and/or any tips?

Thanks!
Erin

Erin:

I have done this for a few organizations, from financial services organizations with strict compliance regulations (with yearly certifiation/re-certification) as well as Universities.

For organizations, my recommendation is always to measure certificate/certification on measures of attainment/competency milestones etc. versus "time in".

Again, this is only a recommendation made at face value based on your post. I have designed for "credit accrual" or xx hrs, and this is appropriate and does work in some scenarios, but largely my experience is that the finish line is defined, and the time to reach it is variable.

Currently, my primary organization does a hybrid of these two methods (mandatory vs "elective" training, certification/compliance versus career enrichment, etc...).

Feel free to contact me and perhaps depending on your scenario we might be able to explore what model might best support your business goals.

I hope that depending on which factors are present in your business vs others I have seen would allow us to post back to share with others why certain models may be selected over others given some criteria.

At the AZ Supreme Courts, our employess must spend 16 hours / year in training, with each year having a certain number of hours required in a core topic (this year our core is ethics). CBTs are just one training option available; employees can take stand up training, vendor provided online trainings, broadcast training, paper training, etc. Our courses are actually a combination of hours and certification - to get hours credit toward the mandatory requirement, learners must watch all content in our CBTs AND they must score a minimum score on a final exam. We work hard to provide a lot of diverse topics and delivery methods so that the large amount of training we require doesn't become boring or redundant.

PM me if you have any specific questions - I'd be happy to give you more specifics.

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Originally posted by green0923:
I am looking to grow our use of e-learning next year. One thought I had was to do a management-level e-learning certificate program (i.e., take certain courses, spend xx hrs in e-learning, get a certificate; maintain the certificate by continuing xx hrs per quarter/year/whatever).

Wondering if anyone has done something similar within their organizations? If so, would you be open to sharing the structure of the program and/or any tips?

Thanks!
Erin

Hi Erin,

I am Narender. I came to know from this web portal that you are looking to increase the use of e-learning in your organization. Well i am working as Business consultant and may be i can help you with very good information that can save your time and can prove to be a cost effective solution for your organization. You can contact me at my e-mail address which is singh_narendersingh@yahoo.com.I will be glad to connect with you to carry our conversation in right direction and make the process pellucid so that you can get viable options with feasible solutions.

Look forward to your reply,

Warm regards,

Narender Singh
singh_narendersingh@yahoo.com