Section 298-6-001 - GENERAL001.01 The Board may at any time conduct an audit of any approved education activity to verify that the activity is being conducted in accordance with the Act and this Title as approved.001.02 The Board may at any time review activity and instructor materials approved by the Appraiser Qualifications Board of The Appraisal Foundation through its Course Approval Program to verify that the activity and/or instructor(s) meet the requirements of the Act and this Title as approved.001.03 Approval of activities does not transfer from one education provider to another, unless one education provider obtains the legal rights to all activities of another education provider. The expiration date of any continuing education activity will remain the same as approved under the previous education provider.001.04 Education providers and instructors will comply with the Nebraska Private Postsecondary Career Schools Act, NEB. REV. STAT § 85-1601, et seq. as applicable.001.05 Nothing in this Chapter may be construed to preclude education activities sponsored or conducted by the Board from being accepted as qualifying education or continuing education.001.06 The Board maintains a schedule of education activities on its website as a tool to notify future applicants and current credential holders of upcoming education activities. Although education providers may provide notice to the Board of upcoming qualifying education activities, continuing education activities, and supervisory real property appraiser and trainee courses for inclusion on the schedule, the education provider is responsible for scheduling and notifying future applicants and current credential holders of upcoming education activities offered by the education provider.001.07 All activities shall contain current material, theory, methodologies, and Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice requirements. Activities that include Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice citations and references must be updated as necessary to reflect changes in the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice.001.08 All activities shall be conducted in conformance with the materials, presentation methodologies, and policies as approved.001.09 No activity may rely upon a textbook as the primary instructional material. Textbooks are permitted to be used as a background reference for an activity; however, textbooks will not be reviewed as the activity. All activities must contain sufficient stand-alone instructional materials supporting the specific activity learning objectives.001.10 Fifty minutes engaged in instruction equals one hour for all activities. The prescribed number of activity hours includes time for examinations.001.11 Except for qualifying education included as curriculum in a degree program of an accredited college or university that has had all or part of its curriculum approved by the Appraiser Qualifications Board of The Appraisal Foundation, one semester credit hour received from an accredited college or university equals fifteen classroom hours of instruction.001.12 A document certifying completion will be issued to each attendee upon completion of any activity. The document may be transmitted to the attendee in person, by mail, by email, or by any other electronic means that are secure. The document is required to include the name of education provider, signature of education provider and/or instructor, name of activity as approved, location at which activity was conducted or presentation method, date(s) activity was conducted, number of hours, pass or fail statement, and name of attendee, or be an official transcript from a university or college that includes the name of activity as approved, the number of credit hours awarded, and the name of the attendee.001.13 Education providers shall maintain a record of attendance for each activity for a period of at least five years.001.14 Secondary providers shall obtain written evidence that the rights to an activity have been purchased or lawfully acquired from the education provider that owns rights to activity materials.001.15Distance Education Activities001.15A A distance education activity approved as qualifying education must include a written, closed-book final examination. The examination must be proctored in person or remotely proctored by an official approved by the education provider. Bio-metric proctoring is acceptable. The examination may be written on paper or administered electronically on a computer workstation or other device. Oral exams are not acceptable.001.15B An asynchronous distance education activity, or a hybrid distance education activity in which the learning environment includes asynchronous interaction, approved as continuing education, must include at least one of the following: 001.15B.1 A written examination proctored by an official approved by the education provider. Remote proctoring, including bio-metric procedures, is acceptable. The examination may be written on paper, or administered electronically on a computer workstation or other device. Oral exams are not acceptable; or001.15B.2 Successful completion of prescribed activity mechanisms required to demonstrate knowledge of the subject matter.001.15C During evaluation, and at any time a distance education activity is offered to the public, electronic access is required to be provided to the Board at the Board's request. The electronic access must provide administrative rights that allow for access to the activity, quizzes, and examinations without having to take the distance education activity in sequential order and without having to take quizzes or examinations to proceed with the activity.001.15D All website links must be valid and active for a distance education activity at the time such activity is offered to the public.001.15E At the Board's request, a transcript of the distance education activity must be provided to the Board.001.15F Sections 001.15G through 001.15I of this Chapter are not applicable to a synchronous distance education activity, or a hybrid distance education activity in which the learning environment includes synchronous interaction but not asynchronous interaction, as these distance education activities provide for instruction and interaction substantially the same as classroom education.001.15G Delivery mechanism approval must be obtained from one of the following sources for an asynchronous distance education activity or a hybrid distance education activity in which the learning environment includes asynchronous interaction: 001.15G.1 The Appraiser Qualifications Board of The Appraisal Foundation;001.15G.2 An organization approved by the Appraiser Qualifications Board of The Appraisal Foundation that provides approval of activity design and delivery; or001.15G.3 An accredited degree-awarding community college, college, or university that: 001.15G.3a Offers distance education programs and is approved or accredited by the Commission on Colleges, a regional or national accreditation association, or by an accrediting agency that is recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education, that awards academic credit for the distance education courses; or001.15G.3b Maintains an education delivery program that approves activity design and delivery that incorporate interactivity.001.15H Each asynchronous distance education activity, or hybrid distance education activity in which the learning environment includes asynchronous interaction, must provide interaction in a reciprocal environment where the student has verbal or written communication with the instructor.001.15I For an asynchronous distance education activity or a hybrid distance education activity in which the learning environment includes asynchronous interaction, an education provider must provide documentation evidencing delivery mechanism approval by the Appraiser Qualifications Board of The Appraisal Foundation; an organization approved by the Appraiser Qualifications Board of The Appraisal Foundation that provides approval of activity design and delivery; or an accredited degree-awarding community college, college, or university. Acceptable documentation includes the official standard documentation issued to the education provider by the entity that approves the delivery mechanism, or in the case of a an accredited degree-awarding community college, college, or university that offers distance education programs and awards academic credit for the distance education courses, a written description evidencing that the delivery mechanism provides interaction in a reciprocal environment where the student has verbal or written communication with the instructor.298 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 6, § 001
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