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Accreditation and Continuing Education Units  

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Accreditation FAQs

  • Understanding the CEU

    As the nationally recognized unit for measuring participation in noncredit continuing education, the major value of a CEU is to the individual who wants to document continuing education involvement in programs that meet nationally agreed-upon criteria assuring program quality. It is also a convenient unit of measurement for collecting, storing, analyzing, and presenting institutional and/or national data concerning continuing education activity.

    CEU criteria are intended to improve the quality of program planning. Continuing education programs vary in complexity; therefore, the CEU alone is not a complete measure of total institutional effort or productivity. CEUs may be awarded for any qualified program that is at least one hour in length. 

  • Definition of a contact hour  

    A contact hour is a 60-minute period of interaction between a learner and an instructor OR a learner and materials which have been prepared to cause learning. Contact is a two-way connection between a learner and a learning source. The instructor or learning source must monitor the learner’s progress and provide some form of feedback. This applies to in-person interaction as well as distance learning (virtual) programs.

  • What activities can be counted  

    The following learning activities are examples of types of activities that are included when calculating contact hours for CEUs:

    • – Classroom or meeting session time led by an instructor and/or discussion leader 
    • – Activities in which a learner is engaged in a planned learning program in which the learner’s progress is monitored, and the learner receives feedback. (examples include independent study, computer-assisted instruction, interactive video, web site learning, and planned projects.) 
    • – Field trips, projects, and assignments that are an integral part of a learning program 
    • – Learner assessment and learning program evaluations

  • What activities cannot be counted  

    The following may be worthwhile learning experiences; however, they should be measured and documented by some form of measurement other than the CEU:  

    • – Academic credit courses: CEUs may be awarded for academic credit courses which meet the CEU criteria; however, individual participants should not receive both CEU and academic credit. 
    • – Association membership and leadership activities: Holding membership or serving in some leadership capacity in an association or society does not qualify for the CEU. 
    • – Committee meetings: Participation in committee meetings and activities do not qualify for the CEU. 
    • – Entertainment and recreation: CEUs may not be awarded for attendance at cultural performances, entertainment, or recreational activities unless they are an integral part of a planned course that meets the CEU criteria. 
    • – Individual scholarships: CEUs may not be awarded for independent writing such as articles, books, research reports, or presentation of papers outside of a planned, directly supervised continuing education/training experience that fulfills the CEU criteria. 
    • – Mass media learning programs: Learning programs delivered through the mass media (e.g. television, radio, newspapers) do not qualify for the CEU, unless these presentations are an integral part of a planned learning program that meets the CEU criteria. 
    • – Some meetings, conventions, exhibitions: Meetings, conventions, and exhibitions that attract large numbers of participants involve different activities and are conducted primarily for information sharing purposes, generally do not qualify for CEUs. Planned learning activities within such learning programs, which meet the criteria, may be eligible for CEUs. 
    • – Travel: Travel or participation in a travel-study program does not qualify for CEUs, unless the educational component of the travel-study program meets the CEU criteria. 
    • – Unsupervised study: Individual, self-directed study or other form of independent learning experience that is not planned, directed, and supervised by a provider, does not qualify for CEUs. 
    • – Work experience: On-the-job training and other work experiences do not qualify for CEUs unless the work experience is structured as part of a planned and supervised continuing education experience that meets the criteria. CEUs are not to be awarded for life or previous work experience. 
    • – Breaks, lunch periods, and periods which are devoted to administrative tasks, such as learner introductions and record keeping, may not be counted.
       

  • Calculating a CEU  

    The number of contact hours are determined by adding all countable portions of the learning program eligible.

    Example: A learning program has six 50-minute sessions with 10 minutes between for set-up. The number of contact hours would be computed as 6 x 50 = 300 total minutes in organized, interactive learning; divided by 60 minutes = 5 contact hours.)

    • – The number of contact hours are divided by 10 to get the actual number of CEUs. (For the example above: 5/10 = 0.5 CEU).
    • – CEUs may be expressed in tenths of a CEU (i.e., 17 contact hours equate to 1.7 CEUs; 3 contact hours equate to 0.3 CEUs).
       

  • Maintaining records  

    The maintenance of records is the responsibility of Oceantic Network (the organization that provides the learning event and awards the CEU). These records are maintained separately from attendance records and from personnel records. Records are maintained for a minimum of five (5) years. 

Continuing Education Units (CEU) FAQs

  • Who is IACET? 

    The International Accreditors for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) is the developer of the original Continuing Education Unit (CEU) and ensures that providers of continuing education and training can prove they provide high-quality instruction by following the ANSI/IACET 1-2018 Standard for Continuing Education and Training through a rigorous accreditation process. The Standard is a universal model for learning process excellence. It defines a proven model for developing effective and valuable continuing education and training (CE/T) programs by measuring a provider’s training program from procedure to process to result.

    Oceantic Network’s continuing education and training program includes the following learning events: 

    • – Industry training 
    • – International Partnering Forum (IPF) 
    • – Other small events

  • Which learning events offer CEUs? 

    In 2025, three (3) courses will be eligible for CEUs: 

    • Offshore Wind 101 (excluding the free 30-minute class) 
    • Offshore Wind Ready (excluding special topics courses, i.e. Offshore Wind Ready: Careers) 
    • Foundation 2 Blade 

    More learning events will be available for CEUs in the future.
     

  • What are CEUs? 

    Continuing Education Units [CEUs] are designed for professionals in various fields who are committed to lifelong learning and staying updated with recent developments in their respective industries. CEUs are ways of recording contact hours (for relicensing, promotions, maintaining professional memberships and registrations, etc.). This is a nationally recognized standard that verifies quality content and instruction.

    CEU Definition: Ten (10) contact hours of participation in an organized continuing education experience under responsible sponsorship, capable direction and qualified instruction qualifies for one (1) IACET Continuing Education Unit (CEU).

  • How do I earn a CEU? 

    The following requirements must be met to earn a CEU:  

    • – Attend all content hours of a learning event continuously. If you leave and do not complete all hours you are ineligible for CEUs. 
    • – Complete the feedback survey 
    • – Take the learning event assessment and pass with a grade of 70% or higher.
       

  • Is there a fee for a CEU certificate? 

    Oceantic Network offers two learning event certificates:

    • – Oceantic Network Certificate of Completion: There is no cost to get a Certificate of Completion. When you attend a learning event, you will receive instructions on how to request a Certificate of Completion. 
    • – IACET CEU Certificate: There is a $20 processing and recording fee per person for each learning event. 

  • Is there a fee to get my transcript from Oceantic Network? 

    There is a $20 fee for each learner record/transcript request. The transcript shows all of the Oceantic Network learning events in which you have participated. Fill out this form to request your electronic transcript. We do not supply paper transcripts.
     

  • Do IACET CEUs expire? 

    No, IACET CEUs do not expire once they are earned. If you need assistance, contact us at [email protected] 

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