Educational Technology: Associations & Organizations

This page provides links to professional associations and organizations in the field of educational technology.

Educational & Instructional Technology Organizations

• Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT)
• International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS)
• International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI)
• International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
• Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
• IEEE Technical Committee on Learning Technology (TCLT)
• International Technology and Engineering Education Association (ITEEA)
• Society for Applied Learning Technology (SALT)
• American Educational Research Association (AERA)
• Association for Talent Development (ATD) – previously known as the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD).
• EDUCAUSE
• Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning (MACUL)
• Instructional Technology Council (ITC)
• WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies (WCET)

Distance Education & eLearning Organizations

• Online Learning Consortium (OLC)
• International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)
• Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia (ODLAA)
• International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL)
• European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN)
• Distance Education Accrediting Commission (DEAC)
• United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA)
• American Distance Education Consortium (ADEC)
• European Association for Distance Learning (EADL)

UPDATED: January 3, 2019 > fixed: broken links