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The Alliance for Higher Education Competitiveness (A-HEC) is a non-profit research collaborative working to improve higher education for the benefit of students, faculty, staff, and society.
A-HEC researches best practices and supports open collaboration to help institutions achieve improvement through the unique process of ongoing participatory evaluation. A-HEC focuses on a balanced mix of technical and management disciplines that have the potential to achieve innovation, transformation, and effectiveness.
Participants in the Internet-Supported Learning study have agreed to participatory evaluation based on common success factors and best practices described in the research report "Achieving Success in Internet-Supported Learning in Higher Education: Case Studies Illuminate Success Factors, Challenges, and Future Directions", based on research with twenty-one institutions implementing best practices in online learning.
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While the A-HEC Internet-Supported Learning Certifications in no way signify a specific endorsement by A-HEC in the listed initiative, they do distinguish these online initiatives as having attained a high level of commitment in achieving industry best practices in key areas:
A-HEC IsL Online Certifications are awarded at one of three levels:
IsL Self-Audit Certification:

Signifies the commitment to staff, faculty, and students to an ongoing effort to evaluate the online learning initiative with respect to industry best practices
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IsL Online Leadership Certification:

Signifies a major commitment to staff, faculty, and students to an ongoing effort to evaluate the online learning initiative with respect to industry best practices and achieve full staff involvement
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IsL Learning-Centered Certification:

Signifies the maximum commitment to staff, faculty, and students to an ongoing effort to evaluate the online learning initiative with respect to industry best practices, achieve full staff involvement, and achieve full student involvement
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