Organizations and Associations

• ACUTA: Association for Telecommunications Professionals in Higher Education
  ACUTA is a member-driven organization dedicated to the enhancement of teaching, learning, research, and public (community) service by providing leadership in the application of telecommunications technology for higher education.
• Alberta Online Consortium
  AOC is a Canadian national organization "focused on effective online practices and supporting flexible learning models." Their growing web site includes links to areas concerned with courseware/learning objects, professional development opportunities, K-12 research and featured articles, as well as descriptions of other specific projects. Membership options to AOC are identified.
• American Center for the Study of Distance Education (ACSDE)
  Penn State's American Center for the Study of Distance Education (ACSDE) was founded in 1986 to study and disseminate information about distance education in all its forms. ACSDE is being reorganized. The Resources page and DEOSNEWS archives will continue to be available, and DEOS-L will continue to operate. All other services are temporarily suspended.
• American Distance Education Consortium (ADEC)
  ADEC is a national consortium of state universities and land grant institutions providing high quality and economic distance education programs and services via the latest and most appropriate information technologies.
• Annenberg/CPB Project
  Working to make a quality college education more accessible to the American public, the Project is the only national effort at the forefront of an innovative movement in higher education to apply new developments in information and telecommunications technologies to teaching and learning.
• Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
  AACE (founded in 1981) is an international, educational, and professional organization dedicated to the advancement of the knowledge, theory, and quality of learning and teaching at all levels with information technology.
• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
  ACM (founded 1947) is an international scientific and educational organization dedicated to advancing the art, science, engineering, and application of information technology, serving both professional and public interests by fostering the open interchange of information and by promoting the highest professional and ethical standards.
• Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT)
  The mission of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology is to provide leadership in educational communications and technology by linking professionals holding a common interest in the use of educational technology and its application to the learning process.
• Association for Media and Technology in Education in Canada (AMTEC)
  The Association for Media and Technology in Education in Canada (AMTEC) is Canada's national association for educational media and technology professionals.
• Australian Society for Computers in Learning In Tertiary Education (ASCILITE)
  ASCILITE is a society for those involved in tertiary computer-based education and training, including educational interactive multimedia.
• Canadian Association for Distance Education / Association canadienne de l'education a distance (CADE / L'ACED)
  Established in 1983, CADE is a national association of professionals committed to excellence in the provision of distance education in Canada.
• Council of Australian University Directors of Information Technology (CAUDIT)
  The mission of CAUDIT is to promote and advance the use and support of information technology in teaching and learning, research and administration in the Universities of Australia and New Zealand through the competent management of IT services and the education of their clients. The membership of CAUDIT are senior officers in the Universities with direct responsibility for information technology.
• Center for Distance Learning Research(CDLR)
  The mission of the Center for Distance Learning Research at Texas A&M University is to provide timely and appropriate information on the development, application and maintenance of information technology systems.
• Coalition for Networked Information(CNI)
  The Coalition for Networked Information was founded in March 1990 with a mission to help realize the promise of high performance networks and computers for the advancement of scholarship and the enrichment of intellectual productivity. The Coalition is a partnership of the Association of Research Libraries, CAUSE, and EDUCOM.
• Commonwealth of Learning
  The purpose of The Commonwealth of Learning is to create and widen access to education and to improve its quality, utilizing distance education techniques and associated communications technologies to meet the particular requirements of member countries.
• Consortium of College and University Media Centers
  CCUMC is a dynamic organization whose mission is to improve teaching and learning through the effective use of media/instructional technology services in higher education.
• Consortium for School Networking (CoSN)
  The purpose for which the Consortium for School Networking is organized is to advocate access to, and facilitate the evolution of, national and international electronic networks as resources to K-12 educators and students.
• Distance Education and Training Council (DETC)
  DETC serves as a clearinghouse of information about the distance study/correspondence field and sponsors a nationally recognized accrediting agency called the Accrediting Commission of the Distance Education and Training Council.
• Educause
  EDUCAUSE focuses on the management and use of computational, network, and information resources in support of higher education's missions of scholarship, instruction, service, and administration.
• EuroPACE
  EuroPACE is a trans-European network of universities and their partners in education and training. Approximately 60 member organizations (45 of them universities) participate in this network throughout Europe.
• European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU)
  EADTU is the representative organisation of both the European open and distance learning universities and of the national consortia of higher education institutions active in the field of distance education and e-learning. EADTU aims to promote the progress of open and distance education and e-learning and its position in Europe and in the world, through active support to the institutional development of its members and to the European co-operation between them in strategic areas.
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• European Distance Education Network(EDEN)
  EDEN's aim is to foster developments in distance education through the provision of a platform for co-operation and collaboration between a wide range of institutions, networks and individuals concerned with distance education in Europe.
• Federal Government Distance Learning Association (FGDLA)
  The FGDLA is a nonprofit association formed to promote the development and application of distance learning for educational and training in the federal sector. FGDLA's constituents include government and corporate agencies that are involved in education and training within the U.S. Federal Government.
• Instructional Technology Council (ITC)
  The Instructional Technology Council (ITC) provides leadership, information and resources to expand and enhance distance learning through the effective use of technology.
• International Multimedia Teleconferencing Consortium (IMTC)
  The mission of the IMTC is to bring together all organizations involved in the development of interactive, multimedia teleconferencing products and services to help create and promote the adoption of industry-wide interoperability standards.
• International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
  A nonprofit professional organization dedicated to the improvement of teaching and learning by advancing the effective use of technology in K-12 education and teacher education.
• International Telecommunications Users Group (INTUG)
  INTUG, the International Telecommunications Users Group, is a non-profit association of national telecommunications users associations. INTUG was founded in 1974 to act as a single voice for users of telecommunications. Currently, INTUG represents 21 National Users Associations and has, as Associate Members, some large corporations, using telecommunications services worldwide.
• Internet Society
  The Internet Society is a non-governmental International organization for global cooperation and coordination for the Internet and its internetworking technologies and applications.
• National ITFS Association
  The National ITFS Association, established in 1978, is a non-profit, professional organization of ITFS licensees, applicants and others interested in ITFS activities. The goals of the Association are to gather and exchange information about ITFS, to gather data on utilization of ITFS, to act as a conduit for those seeking information or assistance about ITFS, and to represent the interests of ITFS licensees and applicants.
• Norwegian Association for Distance Education (NADE)
  The Norwegian Association for Distance Education (NADE) was founded in 1968. The organization has since played an active part in the development of distance education in Norway. NADE is a membership organization, and members are both independent distance education institutions and other public and private institutions engaged in distance education, at all levels.
• Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia
  The Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia (ODLAA) is a professional assocation of members interested in the practice and administration of distance education and open learning.
• Society for Applied Learning Technology (SALT)
  Founded in 1972, membership in the Society is oriented to professionals whose work requires knowledge and communication in the field of instructional technology.
• TLT Group
  The TLT Group, a nonprofit corporation, is the Teaching, Learning, and Technology Affiliate of AAHE. Its mission is to provide materials and services that motivate and enable institutions to improve teaching and learning with technology, while helping them cope with continual change.
• United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA)
  The USDLA's purpose is to promote the development and application of distance learning for education and training. The constitutents served include K through 12 education, higher education, continuing education, corporate training, and military and government training.
• Universities and Colleges Information Systems Association (UCISA)
  UCISA represents the whole of higher education in the provision and development of academic, management and administrative information systems, providing a network of contacts and a powerful lobbying voice.
• University Continuing Education Association (UCEA)
  Founded in 1915, the University Continuing Education Association (formerly the National University Continuing Education Association) is among the oldest college and university associations, and the principal organization for continuing higher education in the United States.
• Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications
  The Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications (WCET), founded by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education in 1989, is a membership-supported organization open to providers and users of educational telecommunications. Members represent the higher education community, nonprofit organizations, schools, and corporations.
• World Association for Online Education (WAOE)
  An international professional organization concerned with online pedagogy. WAOE offers membership services relevant to educators concerned with teaching online, public services for international society, and collaboration with other educational organizations functioning in cyberspace.