If I have two courses that have identical interfaces and content but utilize different technological infrastructures, should these be considered two different courses when submitted to ARELLO-IDECC?
Yes. This is often the case for providers who want to offer the same course in both CBT and Internet based delivery methods. Typically, a provider replicating course features using different technologies to accommodate market demand for a single course, equates to utilization of different delivery methods. Therefore, in regard to ARELLO-IDECC Certification, two different delivery methods would require a unique certification for each “set” of technologies used to offer a particular course. For example, a course provider creates an Internet course that the student runs from a centralized web server at the provider’s office or hosting facility. The provider then creates a course that is identical in the way the course looks but utilizes different technologies so the course can be run from a CD-ROM and without an Internet connection. In this case, the provider has used two different base technologies for offering the same course content. Therefore, since ARELLO also examines the technologi
