Self-Study Programs versus Live Programs

Self-Study Programs:  Self-study programs may include reading professional periodicals or trade journals, correspondence courses and other distance learning through various media.  Credit for text-based self study is awarded at the rate of one contact hour for 10,800 words of text, for peer-reviewed publications multiply number of hours by 1.5.  Credit for audiovisual self-study is awarded at the rate of one hour for each hour of material, the same as for live programs.

Live Programs:  Live programs may include educational workshops, seminars, conferences, lectures, live videoconferences or telephone broadcasts, field trips, or similar functions that involves real-time interactions with instructors and other participants in the program.