The Center for Distribution Education is designed to provide a comprehensive curriculum for distribution delivered via the Internet. The courses are created specifically for distribution.

Web-based training provides a number of benefits. It eliminates the logistical problems that often hamper training programs; the training is available to the learner whenever he or she wants to take it. Because there are examinations, it provides a level of accountability beyond most distributor training; not only do you know that the employee received the training, you know what he or she learned. The time required to complete the training is substantially less than with other delivery systems, and because the training provides the presentation of the concepts, testing for those concepts, and remediation when the concept is not properly understood, it produces more actual learning.

For the training administrator CDE provides a number of additional advantages. Once a student is enrolled in a CDE course, his or her progress through the course can be tracked. The administrator is notified if the student does not begin the course within 30 days of enrollment or complete it within 60 days of enrollment. When the student completes the course and takes the final examination, the administrator receives the examination grade.

As it completes its curriculum, CDE will provide an excellent, effective and economical medium for providing basic education and training to all of the employees, both management and functional area.