SCORM "SCORM is a collection of standards and specifications adapted from multiple sources to provide a comprehensive suite of e-learning capabilities that enable interoperability, accessibility and reusability of Web-based learning content." - ADL

Our Athena LMS is SCORM 1.2 and 2004 2nd and 3rd edition compliant. All e-learning courses developed by TheAcademy.com can be SCORM compliant upon request.

To learn more about SCORM visit ADL’s website at http://www.adlnet.gov/.

IACET TheAcademy.com has been reviewed and approved as an Authorized Provider of official Continuing Education Units by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET), based in Washington, D. C.

This is a significant recognition for TheAcademy.com and for the organizations whose training courses are produced and delivered by them. It means that beginning immediately, all students that successfully complete a training course produced by TheAcademy.com will be awarded full or partial IACET Continuing Education Units (CEU). The IACET CEU was created as a measurement of quality continuing education. One IACET CEU is equal to ten hours of participation in an organized continuing education experience under responsible sponsorship, capable direction, and qualified instruction.

TheAcademy.com is one of a limited number of on-line training providers to receive approval as an Authorized Provider. The company offers continuing education courses for many industries, associations and corporations. It also offers general continuing education courses for students in all fields of endeavor. Students who successfully complete a TheAcademy.com course will receive a full or partial IACET CEU, and will receive an appropriate certificate. This certificate will verify the students' successful efforts to improve their skills and increase their knowledge through quality continuing education.

In the approval process, IACET thoroughly reviewed both the actual on-line courses and the methodology with which TheAcademy.com designs and produces them. IACET determined that TheAcademy.com meets all the criteria necessary to become an Authorized Provider. The criteria are based upon educational research and have stood the test of time. They include: a conducive learning environment for students, needs identification, course planning, content and instructional methods, assessment of learning outcomes, and course evaluation. Because of these comprehensive and strict criteria, the IACET CEU has evolved from a quantitative measure to a hallmark of quality training and instruction.

IACET is a non-profit association dedicated to quality continuing education and training programs. IACET's Criteria and Guidelines are the core of thousands of educational programs worldwide. Located in Washington, D. C., IACET grew out of a National Task Force on continuing education commissioned by the Bureau of Education (now the Department of Education) in 1968. The task force included the leaders in continuing education, such as the American Medical Association and American Nursing Association.

The IACET Task Force determined the universal guidelines for continuing education and created the Continuing Education Unit (CEU). IACET was created by the task force to provide both a forum for discussion of education standards and an organizational body to promote quality standards. IACET's guidelines are based upon in-depth research on the learning process.

IACET certifies only education providers that meet these strict continuing education guidelines. Other IACET Authorized Providers include:

• American Management Association
• American Occupational Therapy Association
• American Physical Therapy Association
• Bechtel University Continuing Education
• Culinary Institute of America
• Dun & Bradstreet
• Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA)
• Fairleigh Dickinson University Continuing Education
• Health Canada Office of Continuing Education
• Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
• University of Texas Continuing Education Programs
• University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education
• Howard University Continuing Education
• Institute for Continuing Healthcare Education
• OSHA Training Institute
• Ohio Department of Mental Health
• Air Force Services Agency
• US Army Community Support

HRCI TheAcademy.com has been approved to use the "HRCI Approved Provider" seal in marketing materials and is authorized to determine HR-relatedness and calculate and award recertification credit hours. HRCI Approved Providers have submitted to HRCI extensive information about their organizations' continuing education programs.