2010 AP Workshops

March 26, 2010 - Baltimore, MD

Friday, March 26, 2010
8:00 am - 5:00 pm

April 23, 2010 - Atlanta, GA

Friday, April 23, 2010
8:00 am - 5:00 pm

 

May 7, 2010 - Champlin, MN

Friday, May 7, 2010
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
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IACET Timeline

1968

Task Force effort commissioned by the U.S. Bureau of Education

  • Feasibility of measuring noncredit activities in Continuing Education

1970

Term "CEU" was standardized as 10 hours

  • 10 contact hours

1974

Continuing Education Unit Criteria and Guidelines published

  • Conditions under which CEUs could be awarded

1977

Council on the Continuing Education Unit

  • Encouraged to become a certifying body

1984

Principles of Good Practice in Continuing Education

1990

International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET)

  • A membership organization with International members

1992

Certified Provider Program implemented

1998

The Certified Provider Program developed into the Authorized Provider Program

  • Standards raised and IACET CEU created

2003

Distance Learning Guidelines integrated into the Criteria

2004

LSU Program

  • License the use of copyrighted IACET Standards to non-profit corporations, associations, or government agencies
  • Use them as the basis of continuing education and/or training standards specific to their fields of expertise

2005

IACET Council on Standards Development (ICSD) formed

2006

Approved as American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Standards Developer

2007

  • Part of US delegation to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) TC232
  • IACET Standard approved by ANSI on October 5

2008

IACET introduces new ANSI/IACET 1-2007 Standard and Authorized Provider application