COL supports and works collaboratively with regional, national and international open and distance learning professional associations.
Association Africaine Francophone de Formation à Distance (ASSAFAD)
Monsieur I.K. Echene
President, ASSAFAD
08 B.P. 562
Abidjan 08
COTE d'IVOIRE
Tel: +225 21 28 24
Fax: +225 21 22 25
Australasian Council on Open, Distance and E-learning (ACODE)
(formerly NCODE - Flexible Learning Australia)
President ACODE (2008-2010):
Gordon Suddaby
Director
CADeL (Centre for Academic Development and eLearning)
Massey University
PB 11-222
Palmerston North
NEW ZEALAND
Email: g.t.suddaby@massey.ac.nz
General: exec@acode.edu.au
Web: www.acode.edu.au
British Institute for Learning and Development
(formerly the British Learning association (BLA))
(formerly the British Association for Open Learning Limited, BAOL)
1 Henbury Road
Westbury on Trym
Bristol BS9 3HQ
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel + 44 (0) 117 959 6517
Fax +44 (0)117 959 6518
E-mail: info@thebild.org
Web: www.thebild.org
Chair:
Mr. Jack Wills
TADS Media Ltd.
Shaftesbury
Tel: +44 (0)1747 855888
Canadian Network for Innovation in Education (CNIE)
formerly the Canadian Association for Distance Education (CADE) and the Association for Media and Technology in Education in Canada (AMTEC)
Mr. Tim Howard
Executive Secretary, CNIE
260 Dalhousie Street, Suite 204
Ottawa ON K1N 7E4
CANADA
Web: www.cnie-rcie.ca
President, 2011/2012
Lorraine Carter
Academic Director, Centre for Flexible Teaching and Learning
Nipissing University
North Bay, Ontario, Canada
Caribbean Association for Distance and Open Learning (CARADOL)
Mr. Wesley Barrett, Vice-President
c/o The University of the West Indies Distance Education Centre (UWIDEC)
The University of the West Indies
Mona, Kingston 7
JAMAICA
Formed in 2003
Tel: +876 927 2831
Fax: +876 977 3494
E-mail: caradol@unimona.edu.jm
Web: http://caradol.dec.uwi.edu
Colombian Association for Distance Higher Education (ACESAD)
Dr. Alberto Malagón Plata
Presidente, ACESAD
c/o Universidad del Tolima
Barrio Santa Helena
Ibaqué, Tolima
COLOMBIA
Tel: +57 82 656088
Fax: +57 82 656086
Consortium International Francophone de Formation a Distance (CIFFAD)
M. Denis Lopez
Directeur
Direction Générale de l' Éducation, CIFFAD
École International de Boardeaux
15-16 Quai Louis XVIII
33000 Bordeaux
FRANCE
Tel: +33 56 37 50 59
Fax: +33 56 04 42 01
Email: zihindula_MUTABESHA@francophonie.org
Distance Education Association of New Zealand (DEANZ) - the New Zealand association for professionals working in flexible, open and networked education
DEANZ Administrator/Communications Officer
Katherine Harris
Programme Manager
Occupational and Aviation Medicine
University of Otago
23A Mein Street, Newtown
Wellington 6021
NEW ZEALAND
Tel: +64 021 186 1149
E-mail: admin@deanz.org.nz
President
Niki Davis
Professor of E-Learning
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch 8140
Tel: +64 3 345 8246
Email: president@deanz.org.nz
Web: www.deanz.org.nz
Distance Education Association of Southern Africa (DEASA)
DEASA SECRETARIAT
c/o Institute for Continuing Education
University of South Africa
PO Box 392, Unisa
Pretoria 0003
SOUTH AFRICA
Tel: +27 12 429 6763
Fax: +27 12 429 3630/3221
email: mandeip@unisa.ac.za
Web: www.deasa.org.za
Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Swaziland
Chairperson:
Professor D.L. Mosoma
Deputy Vice-Chancellor & Vice-Principal: Learner Support and Student Affairs
University of South Africa (UNISA)
PO Box 392
Pretoria 0003
SOUTH AFRICA
Tel: +27 12 429 3266
Email: mosomdl@unisa.ac.za
Distance Education Association of Tanzania (DEATA)
Dr. (Mrs) Eustella Bhalalusesa
Chairperson, DEATA
Lecturer and Director, Bureau of Educational Research and Evaluation
Faculty of Education
University of Dar es Salaam
P.O. Box 35094
Dar es Salaam
TANZANIA
Email: Bhalalusesa@ed.udsm.ac.tz
European Association for Distance Learning (EADL)
Formerly: Association of European Correspondence Schools (AECS)
Kees Veen
Executive Director, EADL
Nuwendoorn 16
NL-1613 LD Grootebroek
THE NETHERLANDS
Tel: +31 228 521 546
Fax: +31 228 522 626
E-mail: kveen@eadl.org
Web: www.eadl.org
European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU)
Piet Henderikx
Secretary General, EADTU
EADTU Secretariat
P.O. Box 2960
6401 DL Heerlen
THE NETHERLANDS
Tel: +31 45 576 2214
Fax: +31 45 574 1473
Email: secretariat@eadtu.nl
Web: www.eadtu.nl
European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN)
Dr. András Szûcs
Secretary General, EDEN
c/o Budapest University of Technology and Economics
H-1111 Budapest
Egry József u. 1
HUNGARY
Tel: +36 1 463 1628
Fax: +36 1 463 1858
Email: secretariat@eden-online.org
Web: www.eden-online.org
Formerly: European Distance Education Network (EDEN)
European Federation for Open and Distance Learning (EFODL)
CEO:
Mr. Johan Van Oost
c/o VDAB
Kongostraat 7
B-9000 Gent
BELGIUM
Tel: +32 9 265 49 15
E-mail: johan.vanoost@vdab.be
Ghanaian Distance Education Association (GHADEA)
c/o University College of Education of Winneba
P.O. Box 25
Winneba
GHANA
Tel: +233 432 22361
Fax: +233 432 22268
Email: ucew@ug.gn.apc.org
Indian Distance Education Association (IDEA)
Dr. K. Murali Manohar
Secretary-General, IDEA
c/o School of Distance Learning and Continuing Education
Kakatiya University
Warangal, 506 009
INDIA
Tel: +91 8712 79215
Fax: +91-8712-79216 / 78935
Email: kakatiya@ap.nic.in
Inter-American Distance Education Consortium (CREAD)
Dr. Armando Villarroel
Executive Director, CREAD
c/o Nova Southeastern University
Fischler School of Education and Human Services
1750 NE 167th Street
North Miami Beach, FL 33162-3017
USA
Tel: +1 954 262 7829
Fax: +1 954 262 3826
E-mail: villarro@nsu.nova.edu
Web: www.cread.org
International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)
Dr. Carl Holmberg
Secretary General, ICDE
Lilleakerveien 23
0283 Oslo
NORWAY
Tel: +47 22 06 26 30
Fax: +47 22 06 26 31
E-mail: icde@icde.no
E-mail: Holmberg@icde.org
Web: www.icde.org
Jamaican Association for Distance and Open Learning (JADOL)
c/o The University of the West Indies Distance Education Centre (UWIDEC)
Mona Campus,
Kingston 7,
JAMAICA
President (from October 2004):
Ms. Vilma McClenan
Academic Programme Co-ordinator
The University of the West Indies Distance Education Centre (UWIDEC)
Mona Campus,
Kingston 7,
JAMAICA
Formed in 2000
Tel: +1 876-927-2831
Fax: +1 876-977-3494
Email: jadol@uwimona.edu.jm
Web: www.jadol.org.jm
Malaysian Association of Distance Education (MADE)
c/o: Pejabat Pendidikan Jarak Jauh
(Office of Distance Education)
Universiti Teknologi MARA
No. 1411, Intekma Resort & Convention Centre,
Persiaran Raja Muda, Seksyen 7
40000 Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan,
MALAYSIA
Formed in May 2000
Tel.: +603-5513-2429
Fax: +603-5518-1247
Email: szarina@uitmflp.edu.my
Web: http://made.oum.edu.my
National Association of Distance Education and Open Learning in South Africa (NADEOSA)
NADEOSA Secretariat (c/o SAIDE)
PO Box 31822
Braamfontein 2017
SOUTH AFRICA
President, NADEOSA:
Rachel Prinsloo
University of South Africa - UNISA
Tel: +27 11 403 2813
Fax: +27 11 403 2814
Email: info@saide.org.za
Web: www.nadeosa.org.za
Email: (Rachel Prinsloo)
RPrinslo@unisa.ac.za
National Distance Education Council
Mr. Chris Curran
Director, NDEC
National Distance Education Centre (exec. arm)
Dublin City University
Glasnevin
Dublin 9
IRELAND
Tel: +353 704 5000
Fax: +353 836 0830
Open and Distance Education Association of Malawi
(ODEAMA)
ODEAMA Secretariat
c/o Florida Khumbo Banda
Domasi College of Education
PO Box 49
Domasi, Zomba
MALAWI
President: McLloyd Mwayi Polepole
GSESII Project
Secretariat:
Tel: +265 536 255
Fax: +265 536 240
President Email: polepole@gsesmw.org
Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia (ODLAA)
ODLAA Secretariat
DEHub
Education Building
University of New England
Armidale, NSW 2351
AUSTRALIA
Tel: +61 2 6773 2504
Fax: +61 2 6773 3284
Email: odlaa@une.edu.au
Web: www.odlaa.org
President, ODLAA (2009/2011)
Dr. Roderick Sims,
Principal Consultant, Knowledgecraft, and
Adjunct Professor, Instructional Design for Online Learning, Capella University
Pacific Islands Regional Association for Distance Education (PIRADE)
Ruby Vaa
President, PIRADE
c/o The University of the South Pacific
(Director, USP Centre)
PO Box 3014
Apia, SAMOA
Tel: +685 20874 / 23454
Fax: +685 23424
Email: vaa_r@samoa.usp.ac.fj
Papua New Guinea Association for Distance Education (PNGADE)
President:
Mr Samuel Haihuie,
University of Papua New Guinea Open College
University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG)
PO Box 312
University Post Office
Waigani NCD 134
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Tel: +675 326 7572
Fax: +675 326 2365
Email: haihuie@yahoo.co.uk
The West African Distance Education Association (WADEA)
Professor Miranda L.N. Greenstreet
President, WADEA
c/o Institute of Adult Education, University of Ghana
P.O. Box 31
Accra
GHANA
Fax: +233 21 667 707
Email: iae.ad@ug.gn.apc.org
Zambia Association for Distance Education (ZADE)
c/o Directorate of Distance Education
University of Zambia
PO Box 32379
Lusaka
ZAMBIA
Tel: +260 1 290719
Fax: +260 1 253952
Zimbabwe National Association of Distance and Open Learning (ZINADOL)
Mr. Naran Kala
Chairman, ZINADOL
88 Norfolk Road
Mount Pleasant
Harare
ZIMBABWE
Tel: +263 4 301832