20:14:13:05.02Acceptable distance education courses.

An asynchronous distance education course is acceptable for qualifying or continuing education if: (1) The course provides interaction. Interaction is a reciprocal environment where the student has verbal or written communication with the instructor; (2) Content approval is obtained from the Appraiser Qualifications Board, a state licensing jurisdiction, or an accredited college, community college, or university that 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. Nonacademic credit college courses provided by a college must be approved by the Appraiser Qualifications Board or the state licensing jurisdiction; and (3) Course delivery mechanism approval is obtained from one of the following sources: (a) Appraiser Qualifications Board; (b) Board approved organizations providing approval of course design and delivery, such as the Appraisal Foundation or other independent approved entity; (c) A college or university that qualifies for content approval in subdivision (2) that awards academic credit for the distance education course; or (d) A qualifying college for content approval with a distance education delivery program that approves the course design and delivery that incorporate interactivity. (4) Hybrid courses are courses that allow for both in-person and online (synchronous or asynchronous) interaction. A hybrid course is acceptable if: (a) In-person course sessions meet the defined class hour and is a source for education credit specified in § 20:14:13:05; and (b) Synchronous course sessions must meet the defined class hour and is a source for education credit specified in § 20:14:13:05; and (c) Asynchronous course sessions meet the class hour and is a source for education credit specified in § 20:14:13:05 and this section.

Source: 32 SDR 109, effective December 27, 2005; 49 SDR 25, effective September 18, 2022.