Online eLearning courses available from Eastern Region
Up Your Snowsports IQ
while sitting in the comfort of your home
Eastern Online Courses
Why Online Courses?
Grow your knowledge base and learn new skills + EARN CREDITS!
COST
The cost for a 6 credit (CEU) Eastern online e-learning course is:
$150 per course.
PACE
You’ll receive the credit for the date you successfully complete the final exam.
Anytime, Anywhere
Each course allows participants to advance at their own pace.
Alpine
Aging and the Senior Skier
Learn more about the aging process and how that affects performance in senior skiers. Get tips on how the Alpine fundamentals can help improve the senior skier’s performance. Understand how mental state, physical capabilities and equipment choices will ensure a successful lesson which will allow students to reach their goals.
Aging and the Senior Skier
Adaptive
Teaching Students with Developmental/ Intellectual Disabilities
Increases the instructor’s understanding, methodology, and knowledge needed, to teach snowsports to students with cognitive or intellectual diagnosis and developmental disabilities.
Teaching Students with Developmental/ Intellectual Disabilities
Alpine
The History of Skiing
In this course, learn about the roots of skiing and how it has evolved over the years. Understand how the European Evolution influenced skiing and teaching in the United States and meet several historical icons who made an impact on the skiing industry. See how developments in equipment directly affected lessons, greatly improving the beginner skier lesson. Participants will understand how the Learning Connection Model, as we know it, represents PSIA-AASI’s philosophy integrating People Skills, Technical Skills, and Teaching skills to provide the complete guest experience.
The History of Skiing
Snowboard
The History of Snowboarding
In this course participants will learn about the roots of snowboarding and how it has evolved over the years. Understand how the development of Terrain Parks greatly influenced the industry. Meet several historical icons who made an impact on the snowboarding industry. With the introduction of X-Games, the future of snowboarding was changed forever. The course discusses how riders in the early competitions went on to influence the snowboard world from the development of new moves to the evolution of boots, boards, and bindings.
The History of Snowboarding
- Online e-learning courses are generally available from July 15 to June 15.
- The cost to take an Eastern online e-learning course is: $150 per course.
- Each individual course is worth 6 CEUs (the equivalent credit of a one-day clinic) and you’ll receive the credit for the date you finish the course and successfully complete the final exam. So please plan ahead to make sure you complete the course in the season you wish to receive the credit.
- Online e-learning courses may not be used for continuing education credit more than once for each course.
- In these online courses, participants can advance at their own pace, with online access.
- Upon completion of the course, there will be a final exam consisting of 20 multiple choice questions. Participants must score a minimum of 80% to pass and these scores will be reflected in the member’s education history.
- After your online registration payment is completed and has been processed, you will receive a separate email with a link to access the online course site (this is not automatic – we have to send it to you from the office, and we send links generally twice per week). Save the information in the e-mail until you are ready to begin.
- After logging in for the first time and setting your password, you will be able to log in at lms.psia-e.org using:
username: First Last
password: Your password