The following professional associations and organisations representing members around the globe are official partners for this year’s ICDE World Conference on Online Learning.
The Association for Learning Technology (ALT) represents individual and organisational Members from all sectors and parts of the UK (and Ireland). Membership includes practitioners, researchers and policy makers with an interest in Learning Technology.
The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) is an intergovernmental organisation created by Commonwealth Heads of Government in 1987 to promote the development and sharing of open learning and distance education knowledge, resources and technologies.
The European Consortium of Innovative Universities (ECIU) is the leading international consortium of research intensive universities across Europe, and beyond, with collective emphasis on innovation, creativity and societal impact, driving the development of a knowledge-based economy.
The European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN) exists to share knowledge and improve understanding amongst professionals in distance and e-learning and to promote policy and practice across the whole of Europe and beyond.
The Flexible Learning Association of New Zealand (FLANZ), formerly known as DEANZ, is a national association committed to fostering growth, development, research and good practice in distance education, open learning and flexible delivery systems for education.
The Irish Learning Technology Association (ILTA) is an independent, voluntary, community of Irish professionals, committed to the development and exchange of knowledge of technology-enhanced learning in education.
The Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia (ODLAA) is a professional association of educators, instructional designers, educational researchers, education consultants, and administrators from across Australia and overseas that is dedicated to advancement of research, practice, and support of education ‘across time and space’.
The Online Learning Consortium™ (OLC) is a collaborative U.S. based community of higher education leaders and innovators, dedicated to advancing quality digital teaching and learning experiences designed to reach and engage the modern learner – anyone, anywhere, anytime.
The Asian Association of Open Universities (AAOU) is a non-profit organization of higher learning institutions that are primarily concerned with open and distance education. It strives to widen the educational opportunities available to all people in Asia and to improve the quality of the institutions in terms of their educational management, teaching and research.