Recently I had cause to ask my great colleague and friend Mark Lee for some links to learning technology organisations and forums. Mark is a prolific writer and probably the best connected academic that I know. The astounding list that he compiled is appended below in case it is useful to others. The list demonstrates the extensive but also bifurcated work in the learning technology field.

• ACCE and its state and territory member societies – http://acce.edu.au/about-acce/members-and-affiliations (ICT Educators of NSW, DLTVic, EdTechSA, etc)
• ACM SIGCHI Resources mailing list – chi-resources@acm.org
• AECT Design and Development Division – http://aect.site-ym.com/members/group.aspx?id=79879
• AECT Distance Learning Division – http://aect.site-ym.com/members/group.aspx?id=67629
• AECT Research and Theory Division – http://aect.site-ym.com/members/group.aspx?id=79883
• AECT Teacher Education Division – http://aect.site-ym.com/members/group.aspx?id=79886
• AECT Emerging Learning Technologies Division – http://aect.site-ym.com/members/group.aspx?id=79882
• Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education (APSCE) – http://www.apsce.net/
• ASCILITE Learning Design SIG – http://ascilite.org/get-involved/sigs/learning-design-sig/
• Canadian Network for Innovation in Education (CNIE-RCIE) – https://cnie-rcie.ca
• Distance Education Online Symposium (DEOS) – http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=DEOS-L
• EARLI Instructional Design SIG – https://earli.org/node/29
• EARLI Learning and Instruction with Computers SIG – https://earli.org/node/30
• EARLI Teaching and Teacher Education SIG – https://www.earli.org/node/34
• EDUCAUSE Instructional Design Constituent Group – https://www.educause.edu/discuss/instructional-design-constituent-group
• EDTECH – http://www.edtechmagazine.com/
• Instructional Technology Forum (ITFORUM) – http://news.itforum.it/
• International Forum of Educational Technology & Society (IFETS) – http://www.ifets.info/
• International Forum of Educational Technology & Society (IFETS) discussion list – ifets-discussion@computer.org
• Irish Learning Technology Association – http://ilta.ie
• ISTE Computing Teachers Network – http://connect.iste.org/communities/community-home?CommunityKey=6fed01aa-9e1f-4c27-87d1-95d0afcbbbeb
• ISTE Innovative Learning Network – http://community.iste.org/community/learningnetworks
• ISTE Online Learning Network – http://connect.iste.org/communities/community-home?CommunityKey=76474914-fdc2-43e3-912c-5ab3865bd55e
• ISTE Teacher Education Network – http://connect.iste.org/communities/community-home?CommunityKey=1d70bfc7-2a6c-4491-b776-27a84fd2ffb3
• JISC Instructional Design for E-learning mailing list – inst-design@jiscmail.ac.uk
• MirandaNet – http://mirandanet.ac.uk/
• ODLAA members’ list – https://odlaa.org/
• OpenEducationEuropa – https://www.openeducationeuropa.eu/ (This one requires the message distributor to sign up for a free account and post the item yourself.)
• Professional & Organization Development Network in Higher Education (POD) –http://podnetwork.org/
• SITE Distance/Flexible Education SIG – http://site.aace.org/sigs/distance-flexible-edu-sig/
• SITE K-12 Online Learning SIG – http://site.aace.org/sigs/k12-online-learning-sig/
• SITE New Possibilities with Information Technologies SIG – http://site.aace.org/sigs/new-possibilities/
• SITE TPACK SIG – http://site.aace.org/sigs/tpack-sig/
• SITE Teaching & Learning with Emerging Technologies SIG – http://site.aace.org/sigs/teaching-learning-emerging-tech/ (Note: William Cain is one of the Co-Chairs of this SIG)
• Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (Canada) – https://www.stlhe.ca/
• STC Instructional Design & Learning SIG – https://www.stc.org/wiki/instructional-design-learning-special-interest-group/
• World Association for Online Education (WAOE) – http://www.waoe.org/index.html
• WWWEDU – http://www.edwebproject.org/wwwedu.html
• The lists of 4 AERA SIGs: Online Teaching and Learning; Technology, Instruction, Cognition & Learning – see http://www.aera.net/About-AERA/Member-Constituents/SIGs/SIG-Directory
• The lists of 4 EDUCAUSE Constituent Groups: Blended/Online Learning; Instructional Technology; Virtual Worlds; Mobile Technologies – see https://www.educause.edu/discuss
• 8 JISC mailing lists: Computer-Assisted Learning; Digital Learning Network; ICT in Education Research Network; E-learning Research; Networked Learning; Distance Learning Research; Virtual Learning Environments; Virtual Research Environments; Virtual Reality; Augmented Reality; Virtual Worlds; ED-3D (Educators in 3D and VR technology); London VR Special Interest Group; North West VR Group; Mobile Learning; Mobile SIG; Digital Textile Design (includes people with an interest in smart textiles and wearables) – https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/mailinglists/a-z/
• Various international, national and regional distance learning associations listed here (this is quite an extensive list!): http://www.iadl.org.uk/Associations.htm
• Finally, information can be sent through the secretariats/presidents of the following organisations via dissemination to their members as they see fit (newsletter and/or listserv):
  • DEANZ
  • ACODE
  • AECT
  • EDEN
  • AERA Applied Research in Immersive Environments for Learning (ARIEL) SIG
  • Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN)
  • IamLearn (International Association for Mobile Learning)
  • anzMLearn