E-Learning Accreditation
Self-paced modules, SCORM packages, microlearning and blended digital programmes — assessed on learning time and completion evidence, not on production values.
What is e-learning accreditation?
E-learning accreditation is the independent assessment of self-paced digital learning against a published CPD standard. Accredo checks the learning objectives, content accuracy, interactivity, realistic completion time and how the platform evidences completion, then issues an assessed CPD hours value and a unique accreditation number.
The honest-hours problem
E-learning is where inflated CPD hours are most common, and where assessors look hardest. A module advertised at six hours that a typical learner clicks through in ninety minutes will be revised down — not as a penalty, but because the certificate has to survive an audit by someone who was not in the room.
We assess completion time against content volume: word count, media runtime, activity count and assessment length. Where the gap is large, we say so and propose a defensible figure.
What we assess
- Learning objectives written as outcomes, not a module contents list
- Content accuracy, currency and sourcing
- Interaction — whether the learner does anything, or only scrolls
- Realistic completion time for a typical learner in the target audience
- Completion evidence — tracking, assessment, or both
- Accessibility — captions, transcripts, keyboard navigation and contrast
Skip-to-the-end is a failure condition
A module a learner can fast-forward through and still be issued a certificate does not meet the evidence test, however strong the content. Platform-enforced progression, a passing threshold on an assessment, or a minimum time-in-module are all acceptable solutions — you choose which; we check that one exists.
Platforms and hosting
We are platform-neutral. Moodle, Canvas, Thinkific, Teachable, LearnDash, a bespoke LMS or a SCORM package delivered into a client system are all fine. What we need is assessor access to review the module as a learner would experience it.
What providers say
The assessment feedback was the useful part. Our first submission came back with three specific points about learning objectives, and fixing them made the course genuinely better — not just accreditable.
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Head of Learning, Placeholder Training Ltd
United Kingdom
Turnaround was quicker than we planned for, and when we needed a revision the assessor told us exactly what to change rather than sending a form letter.
Placeholder Name
Programme Manager, Placeholder Institute
Singapore
We accredit around forty courses a year. Every one gets read by a person, and we can point clients at a register entry rather than asking them to take our word for it.
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Managing Director, Placeholder Academy
United Arab Emirates
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Questions people ask about this
Can online and e-learning courses be CPD accredited?
Yes. Self-paced e-learning, live webinars, recorded sessions and blended programmes are all eligible for CPD accreditation. The requirement is not the delivery format but that learning time can be evidenced and completion verified — typically through platform tracking, an assessment, or both.
Can AI-generated courses be CPD accredited?
Yes, on exactly the same terms as any other course. Assessment examines the finished activity — accuracy, depth, structure, currency and learning value. Material that passes those tests is accreditable regardless of how it was produced; material that fails them is not, however it was made.
How are CPD hours calculated?
CPD hours reflect actual learning time, excluding breaks, meals, registration and networking. A full training day is typically around six to seven CPD hours, a half-day around three, and a one-hour webinar one hour. Accredited activities have their hours value assessed independently rather than set by the provider.
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