by Baiyun Chen
These professional organizations host annual conferences and events. Visit their sites for detailed information.
| Name | Organization/Conference Description |
|---|---|
| American Association of State Colleges and Universities | A Washington-based higher education association of nearly 420 public colleges, universities and systems whose members share a learning and teaching-centered culture, a historic commitment to underserved student populations and a dedication to research and creativity that advances their regions’ economic progress and cultural development. |
| Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning | An annual conference that provides an exchange of current resources, research, and best practices from around the world that are relevant to the design and delivery of distance education/training. |
| Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) | An international, non-profit, educational organization with the mission of advancing Information Technology in Education and E-Learning research, development, learning, and its practical application. |
| Association for Educational Communication and Technology (AECT) | A professional association of thousands of educators and others whose activities are directed toward improving instruction through technology. |
| Association for Talent Development | A world’s leading association of workplace learning and performance professionals, forming a world-class community of practice. |
| EDUCAUSE | A nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology. |
| EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) | A community of higher education institutions and organizations committed to advancing learning through information technology (IT) innovation. |
| Lilly Conferences | This series of conferences focus on College and University teaching and learning |
| Online Learning Consortium (formerly Sloan-C) | An organization focused on helping institutions and individual educators improve the quality, scale, and breadth of online education. |
| Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE) | 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. |
| Society for Applied Learning Technology (SALT) | An organization that is oriented to professionals whose work requires knowledge and communication in the field of instructional technology. |
| The eLearning Guild | The eLearning Guild is a community of practice for designers, developers, and managers of e-Learning. |
| The League for Innovation in the Community College | The League for Innovation in the Community College (League) is an international nonprofit organization with a mission to cultivate innovation in the community college environment. |
| United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) | An organization that serves the distance learning community by providing advocacy, information, networking and opportunity. |
| WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies (WCET) | An organization that accelerates the adoption of effective practices and policies, advancing excellence in technology-enhanced teaching and learning in higher education. |
Dr. Baiyun Chen is a Senior Instructional Designer. She leads the Personalized Adaptive Learning team at the Center for Distributed Learning at the University of Central Florida.