Innovation Summer 2025

CONTINUING EDUCATION

2025 CE SURVEY RESULTS

Registrants share CE preferences in survey :

When it comes to continuing education courses, registrants have said they are looking for online options, more courses on AI, and they would prefer to pay less. Earlier this year, the Programs and Continuing Education (PCE) department at Engineers and Geoscientists BC polled registrants with a 15-question survey for feedback on everything from CE course topics to the platforms they prefer for learning. Almost 1,100 registrants responded. Just over 72 percent of registrant respondents, who varied from one to more than 21 years of registration, said they felt the quality of CE courses offered by Engineers and Geoscientists BC was good to excellent. “While the survey reflects only a small percentage of our registrants, we thoroughly evaluate post-course surveys,” said CE Coordinator Karmila Harder. “By identifying obstacles and knowledge gaps, and understanding what registrants rely on us for, we can refine our offerings to address current challenges.” The last survey was in 2021 and PCE hopes to poll registrants again in three years to continue to follow trendlines and track feedback. Registrants are encouraged to take the short survey next time as it assists PCE in continuing to improve its programs. “One of the top takeaways from this survey was the increased number of registrants preferring online and virtual learning options compared to an in person learning environment,” said Quinton Lam, CE Coordinator. “This makes sense as many of our registrants are in other parts of the province and prefer to have the flexibility and accessibility of online courses.” An emerging trend in the survey was the abundance of write-in requests for CE courses related to AI and Internet-of-Things (IoT). “The interest in the AI wave appears to be driven by the

What CE topics would you like us to offer under each learning category below? (multiple selections)

92%

Technical

63%

Regulatory

60%

Ethical

58%

Communications and leadership

55%

Social responsibility (Equity, Diversity and Inclusion)

Top 3 reasons why you have not attended Engineers and Geoscientists BC CE courses (multiple selections)

48%

The seminars offered are not relevant to my field

46% 37%

The seminars are too costly to attend

I use other resources for my CE

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