AADES is the peak professional organisation in Australasia representing school level distance education.
AADES was formed in 1993 and currently has in excess of 1200 members across all Australian states and New Zealand.

The Community Advancing Digital Learning (DLAC) is an organisation that is hoping to address the identified gap in research for K-12 digital learning. DLAC is trying to determine the key areas of research that they should pursue based on the interests of online educators. Please complete this very quick survey (link in article) to help focus the research.

Amanda Rowe is Head Teacher Teaching and Learning (Instructional Leadership) at Finigan School of Distance Education in New South Wales. With over 15 years of experience in distance education, Amanda leads school-wide initiatives to strengthen the quality of online teaching and learning. In this webinar, Amanda talks about the Quality Live Lesson Framework. This framework is a reflection tool that supports the improvement of real-time online lesson delivery through video analysis. Designed by distance education teachers at Finigan SDE for distance education, the framework guides teachers to observe and evaluate their own recorded lessons across three key domains: Body Language, Voice, and Cognitive Load. Click on read more to watch the webinar recording.

Prof. Michael K. Barbour explores effective online and synchronous learning in this March 2025 AADES webinar. Learn about key international practices, essential research, and valuable teaching resources.