North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 21 - OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS › Chapter 58 - REAL ESTATE COMMISSION › Subchapter H - REAL ESTATE EDUCATION › Section .0100 - GENERAL › Section 58H .0101 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
The following definitions apply throughout this Subchapter
					 and to all forms prescribed pursuant to this Chapter:
(1) "Assessment" means a quiz or evaluation
				  that tests a student's mastery of the learning objective.
(2) "Blended learning" means any combination
				  of distance education, synchronous distance learning, and in-person methods of
				  instruction.
(3) "Branch location"
				  means any location in addition to the principal address of an education
				  provider that offers Prelicensing or Postlicensing Courses.
(4) "Continuing education" means a continuing
				  education elective or Update Course.
(5) "Distance education" means a method of
				  instruction accomplished through the use of media whereby teacher and student
				  are separated by distance and time.
(6) "End-of-course examination" means an
				  examination administered at the conclusion of a course that tests students'
				  knowledge and mastery of all course subjects mandated by the Commission
				  prescribed course syllabus.
(7)
				  "Instructional hour" means 50 minutes of instruction and 10 minutes of break
				  time.
(8) "Instructor development
				  program" means courses of instruction designed to assist real estate
				  instructors in the performance of Prelicensing, Postlicensing, or continuing
				  education instructor duties or in the development of teaching skills.
(9) "Learning objective" means a statement of
				  what a student will be able to do after completing a unit or course. A learning
				  objective shall be structured in accordance with Bloom's Taxonomy.
(10) "License Examination Performance Record"
				  means the percentage of an instructor's or education provider's students who,
				  within 30 days of completing a Prelicensing course pursuant to
				  21 NCAC
				  58H .0207(a), take and pass
				  the license examination, as defined in
				  21 NCAC
				  58A .0402, on their first attempt.
(11) "Postlicensing course" means any one of
				  the courses comprising the 90 hour Postlicensing education program pursuant to
				  G.S.
				  93A-4(a1) and
				  21 NCAC
				  58A .1902.
(12) "Prelicensing course" means a single
				  course consisting of at least 75 hours of instruction on subjects prescribed by
				  the Commission pursuant to
				  G.S.
				  93A-4(a).
(13) "Public education provider" means any
				  proprietary business or trade school licensed by the State Board of Community
				  Colleges under
				  G.S.
				  115D-90 or approved by the Board of Governors
				  of the University of North Carolina that conducts approved real estate
				  courses.
(14) "Syllabus" means a
				  document that includes each topic and subtopic addressed during the course and
				  for each topic and subtopic describes the scope and depth of coverage, timing,
				  and references to course materials, and also demonstrates opportunities for
				  student interactions throughout the course, such as discussion boards, chat
				  areas, group activities, and quizzes.
(15) "Synchronous distance learning" means
				  the instructor and students are separated only by distance and not time,
				  allowing for real-time monitoring of student participation.
(16) "Update Courses" means the General
				  Update Course and the Broker-in-Charge Update Course.
(17) "Unit" means a segment of distance
				  education that is based upon a topic or subtopic in the course syllabus that
				  lasts no longer than one hour.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 93A-4;
					 93A-32;
					 93A-33;
					 93A-38.5;
Eff. July
					 1, 2017;
Amended Eff. January 1, 2021; July 1,
					 2020.