Professional Organizations

American Educational Research Association (AERA) - AERA is concerned with improving the educational process by encouraging scholarly inquiry related to education and by promoting the dissemination and practical application of research results.

American Evaluation Association (AEA) - AEA is an international professional association of evaluators devoted to the application and exploration of program evaluation, personnel evaluation, technology, and many other forms of evaluation. The American Evaluation Association's mission is to: improve evaluation practices and methods, increase evaluation use, promote evaluation as a profession, and support the contribution of evaluation to the generation of theory and knowledge about effective human action.

American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) - ASTD is the leading resource on workplace learning and performance issues, providing information, research, analysis and practical information derived from the knowledge and experience of its members, its conferences and publications, and the coalitions and partnerships it has built through research and policy work. ASTD's mission is to provide leadership to individuals, organizations, and society to achieve work-related competence, performance, and fulfillment.

American Statistical Association (ASA) - Founded in 1839 to foster excellence in the use and application of statistics to the biological, physical, social and economic sciences, ASA is a leader in promoting statistical practice, applications, and research; publishing statistical journals; improving statistical education; and advancing the statistics profession.

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. This purpose is accomplished through the encouragement of scholarly inquiry related to information technology in education and the dissemination of research results and their applications through: publications, conferences, divisions/societies/chapters, and inter-organizational projects.

Association for Applied Interactive Multimedia (AAIM) - AAIM was created to support professionals who use and develop interactive multimedia. AAIM is a diversified organization with an international membership with backgrounds in K-12 education, higher education, business, industry, medicine and government.

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) - the ACM is an international scientific and educational organization dedicated to advancing the arts, sciences, and applications of information technology. With a world-wide membership of 80,000, ACM functions as a locus for computing professionals and students working in the various fields of Information Technology.

Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (ACM SIGCHI) - the scope of SIGCHI consists of the study of the human-computer interaction process and includes research and development efforts leading to the design and evaluation of user interfaces. The focus of the SIG is on how people communicate and interact with computer systems. SIGCHI serves as a forum for the exchange of ideas among computer scientists, human factors scientists, psychologists, social scientists, systems designers and end users. SIGCHI offers its members the "Member Plus" package and co-sponsors a number of conferences and workshops each year, including the annual CHI conference. The SIGCHI Bulletin is published quarterly.

Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) - The AECT is a professional association of thousands of educators and others whose activities are directed towards improving instruction through technology. Technology is interpreted as process, not merely in terms of hardware (such as computers or television or projectors), but in terms of learners and their relationship to the people, events, places, and things through which they learn.

Association for Telecommunication Professionals in Higher Education (ACUTA) - 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.

EDU-CAUSE - The mission of EDUCAUSE is to enable the transformational changes occurring in higher education through the introduction, use, access to, and management of information resources and technologies in teaching, learning, scholarship, research, and institutional management.

International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI) - Founded in 1962, the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI) is the leading international association dedicated to improving productivity and performance in the workplace. ISPI's mission is to improve the performance of individuals and organizations through the application of Human Performance Technology.

International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) - ISTE promotes appropriate uses of technology to support and improve teaching and learning. Representing more than 40,000 educators, ISTE provides: curriculum for learning about technology and integrating it into the classroom, research results and project reports, and leadership for policy affecting educational technology.

National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) - NCME is a professional organization of about 2,300 members. Many members are involved in either the construction and uses of educational tests or the development and evaluation of measurement models and methods. NCME members are committed to the continual improvement of testing and measurement practiced in education.

Northern Rocky Mountain Educational Research Association (NRMERA) - NRMERA is an educational organization whose purpose is to encourage quality educational research and to promote the application of the results of such research in schools. It provides a responsive forum that promotes a trusting atmosphere in which graduate students and public school personnel have the opportunity to conduct and disseminate research. The organization facilitates an effective communication network among the regional member states relative to sharing of educational research.

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. It is a professional society, designed for individual membership participation with classes of membership keyed to the interest and experience of the individual. The Society provides a means to enhance the knowledge and job performance of an individual by participating in Society sponsored meetings, and through receiving Society sponsored publications. It enables one to achieve knowledge for work in the field of applied learning technology by association with other professionals in conferences sponsored by the Society.

The Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) - The Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education is an international association of individual teacher educators, and affiliated organizations of teacher educators in all disciplines, who are interested in the creation and dissemination of knowledge about the use of information technology in teacher education.

Teaching, Learning, and Technology Group (TLT) - The TLT Group is an 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.

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