Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 116A - Common-Interest Communities: Regulation of Community Managers and Other Personnel › EDUCATION OF COMMUNITY MANAGERS › Continuing Education › Section 116A.235 - Distance education course: Requirements and considerations for approval

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A person who requests approval of a distance education course must demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Commission that the proposed distance education course satisfies the following requirements:
(a) The course must be designed to ensure that students actively participate in the instructional process by utilizing techniques that require substantial interaction with the instructor, other students or a computer program. If the subject matter of the course is such that the learning objectives for the course cannot be reasonably accomplished without direct interaction between the instructor and the students, the course design must provide for such interaction.
(b) If the course does not provide students with the opportunity for continuous audio and visual communication with the instructor during the presentation of the course, the course must utilize testing and remedial processes appropriate to ensure mastery of the subject matter of the course by the students.
(c) If the course involves self-paced study, the course must be designed so that the time required for a student of average ability to complete the course is within the number of hours for which the course is approved, and the sponsor of the course shall utilize a system which ensures that students have actually performed all tasks designed to ensure participation and mastery of the subject matter of the course by the students.
(d) The proposed methods of instruction used in the course must be appropriate to the proposed learning objectives of the course, and the scope and depth of the instructional materials must be consistent with the proposed learning objectives.
(e) The sponsor of the course shall provide appropriate technical support to enable students to complete the course satisfactorily.
(f) An approved instructor must be reasonably available to respond timely to questions asked by students concerning the subject matter of the course and to direct students to additional sources of information. For the purposes of this paragraph, a response by an approved instructor shall be deemed timely if the response is made within 2 business days after the question is submitted.
(g) The sponsor of the course shall provide students with an orientation or information package which contains all information that the Division requires to be provided to students and all necessary information about the course, including, without limitation, information concerning fees and refund policies, subject matter and learning objectives, procedures and requirements for satisfactory completion, any special requirements with regard to computer hardware and software or other equipment, and instructor and technical support. The sponsor shall make available to students technical support relating to the use of any computer hardware or software, or other equipment or technology needed to complete the course.
(h) The sponsor of the course shall utilize procedures which reasonably ensure that a student who receives credit for continuing education for completing the course actually performed all the work required to complete the course. If the course involves independent study by students, such procedures must include, without limitation, the opportunity for direct contact by the sponsor with the student at the student's home or business via telephone or electronic mail and a signed statement by the student certifying that he or she personally completed all course work. The sponsor shall retain such signed statements and records of student contact together with all other course records the sponsor must maintain.