When we think about recertification, tracking CE activities inevitably comes to mind. How many hours or credits should be required? What kinds are acceptable? Certification boards may require certificants to track and submit their CE, but who manages the CE? The...
Continuing Education
How LearningBuilder Delivers on the Promise of a Quality Assurance Program
One of the hallmarks of Canadian professional regulatory organizations is an emphasis on professional quality assurance programs. These programs offer the tools for professionals to reflect on their practice in the context of improving provider outcomes, especially...
CE-ing Benefits: The Case for Continuing Education Management
Most credentialing organizations require some form of continuing education (or CE) to maintain a certification or renew a license. Practitioners track their CE activities as they complete them and submit them as part of a renewal or audit. While CE tracking...
Learning Management Software – what kind of system does what?
We are often asked if LearningBuilder a learning management system. And our response is “what do you mean by learning management?” And over the years, we have heard a variety of responses. So, to help our answer that question, we thought it would be helpful to break...
How to Take a Portfolio Assessment Certification Program Online
Certification programs rely on portfolio-based assessment certifications when the traditional exam-based evaluation method will not measure the qualification in a reliable and valid manner. The strength of a portfolio assessment certification program is that it can...
Models for Continuing Competence in Specialty Nursing Certification
How do you know your certificants are as capable today as they were when they passed the exam? If you don’t have a good answer to this question yet, be prepared to have one. At some point, one of your certificants may just fall into this category, and people will be...
A Guide to Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Management for Certification Boards
Whether you are in healthcare, safety, or another high-stakes profession, at some point, your Board of Directors is going to come knocking and ask the question: “what are we doing about continuing competence?” Your first inclination will be to look around at other...
ATP 2020: Longitudinal Assessments in LearningBuilder
At ATP's 2020 Global Conference, Heuristics' principal Christopher Butcher gave a short innovations demonstration on Longitudinal Assessments in LearningBuilder. Check out the recorded session content here!
What Kind of System? An AMS vs LMS vs CMS…
Let’s assert a principle that software performs best when it performs the tasks it was designed to do. That’s not a stretch, is it? You don’t want to do calculations in PowerPoint and you don’t want to keep track of invoices in Word. So how does that principle apply...
The Demand for Professional Qualification: Does Your Technology Need an Upgrade?
By Christopher Butcher & Ali Neal, Principals, Heuristic Solutions This article was originally published in the 2020 ASAE Technology Toolkit, a publication that showcases companies who understand the unique needs of associations and can provide and implement...