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AEC Daily Recognized

AIA Recognizes AEC Daily's Innovations

By Ramiro Solórzano, Assoc. AIA Manager, CES Provider Audits

I have had the pleasure of working with Ariane Hansen in getting her insight for her distance education courses. She is the Primary Point of Contact for the AIA Continuing Education System for her company AEC Daily. One of the fun things I do at the AIA CES is Provider Recognition on Provider best practices so that AIA CES and our Providers can embody those best practices. I followed up with Ariane Hansen to ask her about her best practices in distance education program.

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