10 Tips To Offer Continuing Education Credits To Your Workforce

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Ongoing Education Can Improve Your Workforce

As HR leaders and small business owners, you understand the value of a knowledgeable, up-to-date workforce. In this blog post, we'll explore practical strategies to integrate CEUs into your organization, enhancing employee growth, retention, and productivity. 

Whether it's recertification, credentialing, or professional development, we've got you covered. Let's dive into the world of continuing education at work!

Who Is CEU Training For?

CEUs are designed for professionals in various fields who are committed to lifelong learning and staying updated with recent developments in their respective industries. This includes, but is not limited to, educators, engineers, healthcare professionals, and business professionals. 

By offering CEUs, HR leaders and small business owners can support their employees' growth and development, ensure compliance with industry standards, and enhance the overall competitiveness and proficiency of their workforce. 

Such initiatives often result in improved employee satisfaction, retention, and productivity.

Tips To Improve Your Workforce With Ongoing Education

There is no question that the workforce has changed in recent years. The advent of remote employment and increasing employee turnover means that high-quality continuing education opportunities are more important than ever to ensure a solid, talented workforce. 

Not only do employers need to provide their employees with a quality education through training programs, but they need to offer opportunities that are accessible from anywhere in the world. 

Virtual learning, also known as eLearning, is the most cost-effective and accessible form of higher education. It is a booming industry and a highly profitable market. 

Though the traditional classroom setting won’t disappear, continuing education through an online learning platform is rising. 

Below are some tips and tools to consider when developing and delivering online programs, whether they are mandatory or not.

1. Formulate Continuing Education Courses With In-Demand Topics

The first step to delivering successful CE webinars is identifying the need for an online program that is not fully satisfied or generates enough interest. Consider offering the following continuing education opportunities: 

• Re-certification: Regular re-certification ensures that employees maintain their professional credentials and stay updated on the latest trends, techniques, and best practices in their fields. As an employer, you can facilitate this by offering in-house training or by subsidizing external courses. 

• Credentialing: Credentialing can significantly enhance an employee's professional standing. This can be achieved by providing resources for further studies, or by partnering with certification bodies to offer credentialing programs.

• Professional Development: Lifelong learning is a crucial aspect of any successful career. By integrating professional development into your business model, you can foster an environment of growth, innovation, and forward-thinking.

• Training Programs: Implementing comprehensive training programs can be an effective way to enhance your team's capabilities. These could range from onboarding programs for new hires to skill-specific training, or leadership development programs for potential future leaders. 

Once you decide on your angle, clarify which industry, such as healthcare, law, or education, your program belongs to and how many credit hour participants will gain from it. 

2. Make Your Continuing Education Credits Count 

Any organization that provides educational programs could potentially award CEU or Continuing Education Units. On average, one CEU is equivalent to 10 contact hours.

When you offer CEUs, you make your continuing education course more attractive to potential attendees. Systems that carry CEUs carry benefits for both attendees and employers

Once you decide to make your continuing education course credit-bearing, determine the requirements and obstacles you will face when trying to get your program accredited, and make sure you have a clear action plan to overcome them. 

BeaconLive is a full-service provider that can help you get your content accredited.

3. Partner With CE Technology Platform

Find an approved continuing education provider with extensive experience delivering continuing education programs that can support you before, during, and after the event. 

Ensure that your CE Technology Platform has all of the features you are looking for in advanced tracking, accreditation, and certificate issuance.

4. Create A Captivating Enrollment Page

When you create an engaging registration page, you will motivate your potential registrants to sign-up right away. Offer discount codes towards the application fee and clearly define what your course will offer. 

BeaconLive can build a branded registration page for you (with your branding), collect payment, and send reminder emails.

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5. Create Content 

If the registration page draws attendees in, engaging, creative content captivates their attention.
Secure a prominent speaker within your industry and have them work with your webinar provider to prepare all of the technological components in advance to avoid errors during the live CE webinar. 

In the meantime, decide if you want to provide pre-recording or live presentations to deliver the bulk of your higher education content. Keep each recording to one hour or less for maximum engagement. 

Don’t forget to create and curate engaging visuals, like Powerpoints, infographics, and short videos that you can share during the professional education courses and provide OnDemand.

6. Conduct A Tech Test 

Test every detail before the live event, especially if your webinar requires verification of education activities like live participation, polling, and quizzes. Do a dry run for the live event by testing your event platform features and technology. Make sure your eLearners have all they need to access your content. 

Use an approved continuing education provider to administer your exam and transfer the results to the participant to lighten up your workload.

7. Provide Certificates Of Completion

Proof of completing an online course is essential. Participants completed the registration process for your continuing education course for a reason. They wanted to learn a new skill or improve themselves in some way. 

By incorporating a certificate of completion into your online continuing education course, you’ll be providing participants with the proof they need to convince companies that they are experts in their field. 

Even if you design a non-credit course, a certificate of completion can show hours of participation in training on a particular skill set. Not to mention, delivering certificates is a great way to incentivize goal-oriented learners, and will help in your overall CE content strategy. 

BeaconLive can follow up with your attendees and deliver the certificates of completion confirming attendance to your eLearning webinar.

8. Gather Feedback

Feedback is crucial in determining the success of your continuing education course. Participant responses help you improve your program or provide ideas for a future one.

Create an optional evaluation form to share at the end of your presentation and encourage attendees to provide feedback. Send this survey during your last module or after the course through email and your landing page.

9. Make Your Sessions Available On-Demand

Extend the life of your continuing education courses by making components available OnDemand for your attendees to re-visit. 

You can even charge a fee for this option and continue to generate revenue past the initial delivery. BeaconLive can help you catalog and monetize your continuing education content on a personally designed, white-labeled website. 

10. Follow Up With Course Participants 

Always follow up with your attendees for improved brand awareness. Thank them for attending, or ask them for feedback. Provide a link to your OnDemand site, as well as contact information for any questions or concerns.

Partner with BeaconLive To Offer Continuing Education Credits  

When you offer continuing education credits to your attendees, you show that you value their development as professionals in your field. 

BeaconLive can help with the production, delivery, and management of your continuing education and certificate courses. Features like user tracking, content cataloging, and certificate management make it easy to implement your online education modules successfully. 

Contact BeaconLive today to start developing an end-to-end LMS solution customized for your organization’s needs.