External websites

New Zealand

• Adult & Community Education (ACE) Aotearoa - www.aceaotearoa.org.nz
  The national umbrella organisation for the ACE sector
  
• Association of Tertiary Learning Advisors of NZ (ATLAANZ) - www.atlaanz.org
  An association of professionals working in learning advisory roles in tertiary institutions in Aotearoa
• Australasian Council on Open, Distance and eLearning (ACODE)- www.acode.edu.au
  For universities engaged or interested in open, distance, flexible and e-learning.
• Australasian Society for Computers for Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE) - www.ascilite.org.au
  A community of innovators, leaders and scholars engaged with the cutting edge applications of technology to enhance teaching and learning in higher education
  
• Distance Education Association of NZ (DEANZ) - www.deanz.org.nz
  An Association for Professionals working in Flexible, Open and Networked Education
• Education Counts - www.educationcounts.govt.nz
  The Ministry of Education's online space for you to access statistical data, quantitative information and research about the education sector.
• Education Review - www.educationreview.co.nz
  New Zealand's only newspaper dedicated to covering news, issues and events in the school and tertiary sectors
• Industry Training Federation of NZ - http://itf.org.nz
  Represents Industry Training Organisations (ITOs) to government and works with agencies and sector groups to improve the policy for and delivery of industry skill development and workplace learning.
• Institututes of Technology and Polytechnics of NZ (ITP New Zealand) - www.itpnz.ac.nz
  The national association for institutes of technology and polytechnics (ITPs).
• Higher Education Research & Development Association of Australasia (HERDSA) - www.herdsa.org.nz
  The New Zealand branch of HERDSA - "Australasia's leading society in the field of higher education"
• Literacy Aotearoa - www.literacy.org.nz
  A national organisation of adult literacy providers and is a leading commentator on literacy issues in Aotearoa.
• Ministry of Education>Tertiary Education - www.minedu.govt.nz/educationSectors/TertiaryEducation.aspx
  Information about/for the tertiary education sector from the Ministry of Education
• New Zealand Association for Cooperative Education - www.nzace.ac.nz
  Promotes co-operative education to education providers, business and industry and government in New Zealand.
• New Zealand Association for Research in Education - www.nzare.org.nz
  Aims to foster excellence in educational research in Aotearoa-New Zealand.
• New Zealand Association for Training and Development - www.nzatd.org.nz
  New Zealand's professional association for workplace learning and performance, training and development, and adult education specialists.
• New Zealand Association of Bridging Educators - www.bridgingeducators.org.nz
  Facilitates a network of people involved in improving access for students who want to access higher education or more skilled employment.
• New Zealand Association of Private Education Providers (NZAPEP) - www.nzapep.co.nz
  A national organisation representing private tertiary institutions and recognised by the Government as the main representative of the sector.
• New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) - www.nzcer.org.nz
  An independent, educational research organisation that provides educators, students, parents, policy makers and the public with innovative research, analysis and advice.
• New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) - www.nzqa.govt.nz
  NZQA quality-assures secondary and tertiary qualifications and education providers, evaluates overseas qualifications and administers the New Zealand Register of Quality Assured Qualifications and the National Qualifications Framework, including the NCEA.
• Te Tauihu o Ngā Wānanga (Association of Wānanga) - www.tauihu-wananga.maori.nz
  A body representing the three Wānanga
• Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) - www.tec.govt.nz
  Responsible for leading the government's relationship with the tertiary education sector, and for policy development and implementation.

Overseas

• Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) - www.altc.edu.au
  Promotes excellence in higher education by recognising, rewarding and supporting teachers and professional staff through a suite of award, fellowship and grant schemes. It aims to enhance the student learning experience by supporting quality teaching and practice.
• Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching - www.carnegiefoundation.org
  An independent policy and research center with a primary mission "to do and perform all things necessary to encourage, uphold, and dignify the profession of the teacher and the cause of higher education."
• Higher Education Academy (UK) - www.heacademy.ac.uk
  The Academy's role is to be a nationwide focus for enhancing teaching, learning and students' experiences in higher education.
• International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning - www.issotl.org
  The goal of the Society is to foster inquiry and disseminate findings about what improves and articulates post-secondary learning and teaching
  
• Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (Canada) - www.mcmaster.ca/stlhe
  An association of academics interested in the improvement of teaching and learning in higher education.

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