Evidence of Learning

Explore how UMaine’s Professional and Continuing Education programs can help you document and showcase your learning through Continuing Education Units (CEUs) and micro-credentials. Learn how to request an official CEU transcript or how businesses and organizations can offer CEUs for their training and professional development programs.

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Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

A Continuing Education Unit (CEU) is a nationally recognized measure of participation in non-credit professional development and training. One CEU is equivalent to ten contact hours of instruction. For example, a 30-hour program typically equals 3 CEUs.

CEU programs are generally designed for a specific audience and are often used for professional development in a particular industry or profession. CEUs allow individuals to participate in many different kinds of programs while accumulating a uniform record available for future reference. CEUs can also satisfy professional development, training, or continuing education requirements.

Many of UMaine’s professional development and continuing education programs offer CEUs. Programs that offer CEUs will have information about them in the Evidence of Learning section under Program Details on the program’s page.

For more information about CEUs, email um.continguinged@maine.edu.

Participants of approved programs that offer University of Maine Continuing Education Units (CEUs) can receive a transcript documenting their learning.

Hosts of approved programs will maintain a list of those participants who successfully completed required learning activities.
Eligible participants will receive an email from um.continuinged@maine.edu with further instructions on how to submit a request and pay the $10 processing fee. Participants in most programs offered directly through UMaine Professional and Continuing Education can add a CEU Transcript request directly to their registration at checkout.
Participants who have completed required learning activities and have earned CEUs may request a transcript at a later date by visiting our online registration and payment portal.
Allow for 10 business days for transcript processing.

All CEU activities completed through UMaine are permanently maintained in a comprehensive record, and new CEUs will be added to your existing transcript.

For more information about the CEU transcript process, email um.continuinged@maine.edu.

Note: CEUs cannot be converted to academic credit.

Planning a conference, workshop, or continuing education program? UMaine’s Professional and Continuing Education office can award CEUs to participants who successfully complete an approved educational activity.

All CEU applications must be approved in advance. We are unable to approve educational activities after they have taken place.
All conferences, workshops, events, or other learning experiences must file an application for each new instance or date, even if approval has been granted for the same experience in the past.
Please submit your application at least10 business days before your program begins. Using our online application form and payment portal will expedite approval.
We will request information about the following components of your learning experience:
- Outline or agenda
- Qualifications of the instructor(s)
- Learning Objectives
- Learning Outcomes
- Assessment of Learning
A $50 application review fee is required with each application. Payment may be made online (select “CEU Application Processing Fee”), by check (payable to the University of Maine), or by interdepartmental order (IDO) for UMaine departments.
Once your application is approved, we will assign a program code to your learning experience. You will also receive a spreadsheet to document each participant who has earned CEUs.
After you return your roster, we will contact the participants with information on how to request a transcript.

For more information about the CEU application process, email um.continuinged@maine.edu.

Online CEU Application

University of Maine System (UMS) Micro-Credentials

University of Maine System (UMS) micro-credentials consist of stacked digital badges that highlight the skills employers seek. They are offered to University of Maine System students and to individuals already in the workforce as professional development opportunities to advance or increase their marketability. Micro-credentials earned through the University of Maine System are:

Validated
Evidence-Based
Sharable
Portable
Stackable

In the process of earning a micro-credential, learners will:

Receive rigorous training
Practice the skills that are sought after by employers
Apply their learning in a work-based setting
Receive feedback on their performance
Earn digital credentials

Many of UMaine’s professional development and continuing education programs lead to micro-credentials. Programs that lead to a micro-credential will have information about the micro-credential in the Evidence of Learning section under Program Details on the program’s page.

For more information about micro-credentials, email um.continguinged@maine.edu or visit maine.edu.

Questions?

Email um.continuinged@maine.edu

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