Beyond Certification http://msrops.blogs.com/akac/ Taking your certification and professional development programs beyond the traditional, beyond the status quo, and beyond your expectations. by Mickie S. Rops, CAE. en-US 2009-11-04T12:59:05-05:00 Continuing Education Webconference of Interest http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AssociationKnowledgeAndCredentialingBlog/~3/bnOf-uhdlvQ/continuing-education-webconference-of-interest.html There's a webconference coming up December 9, 2009 that sounds to be of great benefit to educators for the health professions. I'm going to try to participate so I'll share a recap after the event. Planning a Continuing Health Care Professional Education Institute: Recommendations from the Institute of Medicine A report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) on recommendations for the development of a national inter-professional institute devoted to the continuing education of healthcare professionals... There's a webconference coming up December 9, 2009 that sounds to be of great benefit to educators for the health professions.  I'm going to try to participate so I'll share a recap after the event.

Planning a Continuing Health Care Professional Education Institute: Recommendations from the Institute of Medicine

A report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) on recommendations for the development of a national inter-professional institute devoted to the continuing education of healthcare professionals is due to be released shortly as a result from the recommendations from the 2008 Macy Foundation report on "Continuing Education in the Health Professions: Improving Healthcare through Lifelong Learning."

The purpose of establishing such an institute is to advance the science of CE by promoting the discovery and dissemination of more effective methods of educating health professionals over their professional lifetimes, by developing a research enterprise that encourages increased scientific study of CE, by developing mechanisms to assess research applications, by stimulating new approaches to both intra- and inter-professional CE, and by being independent and composed of individuals from the various health professions.

The webconference will cover the latest news on the report.

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]]> Education / Training / PD Mickie Rops 2009-11-04T12:59:05-05:00 http://msrops.blogs.com/akac/2009/11/continuing-education-webconference-of-interest.html Improving Online Learning Webinar http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AssociationKnowledgeAndCredentialingBlog/~3/HUMVCQmqPzU/improving-online-learning-webinar.html Educators, this looks like a good webinar from www.trainingindustry.com. From Blah to Aha! Ten Best Practices for the Virtual Classroom Wednesday, November 11, 2009 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. PT Many organizations are moving rapidly to “repurpose” their face-to-face classroom for delivery online. If you are helping your organization make this change, don’t miss this webinar. Discover the possibilities in the world of engaging, facilitated online learning. Adopt ten best practices to help you move from...
Educators, this looks like a good webinar from www.trainingindustry.com.
 
From Blah to Aha! Ten Best Practices for the Virtual Classroom
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. PT

Many organizations are moving rapidly to “repurpose” their face-to-face classroom for delivery online. If you are helping your organization make this change, don’t miss this webinar. Discover the possibilities in the world of engaging, facilitated online learning. Adopt ten best practices to help you move from Blah (boring, talking head presentations ) to Aha (engaging, interactive classroom facilitation). The speaker is the author of Great Webinars: How to Create Interactive Learning that is Captivating, Informative and Fun, and an experienced virtual trainer.

You will learn how to:

  • Avoid the ten most common errors in web training
  • Adopt ten best practices to make your webinars dynamic and engaging
  • Achieve learning transfer and performance improvement

Click here for more information and to register.

]]> Education / Training / PD Mickie Rops 2009-10-29T14:43:56-04:00 http://msrops.blogs.com/akac/2009/10/improving-online-learning-webinar.html Microsoft Achieves ANSI 17024 Accreditation http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AssociationKnowledgeAndCredentialingBlog/~3/4iLDM4YPMlk/microsoft-achieves-ansi-17024-accreditation.html Microsoft recently received accreditation for conformance to the international standard ISO/IEC 17024 General Requirements for Bodies Operating Certification of Persons by the American National Standards Institute for two of its IT certification programs. The blog world is buzzing with the news since these are the first product-specific IT certifications accredited to the international standard and ANSI. Lots of individual IT bloggers responded on their own blogs and the buzz is positive, with agreement that the... Microsoft recently received accreditation for conformance to the international standard ISO/IEC 17024 General Requirements for Bodies Operating Certification of Persons by the American National Standards Institute for two of its IT certification programs.  The blog world is buzzing with the news since these are the first product-specific IT certifications accredited to the international standard and ANSI.  Lots of individual IT bloggers responded on their own blogs and the buzz is positive, with agreement that the third-party "stamp of approval" is a really good thing for both Microsoft and the individuals certified.

See the Microsoft blog announcement here.

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