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.

What Is Real? Engagement, Making and Authentic Learning in Distance Education It is difficult to teach STEM via distance when students do not have access to resources. At the Tasmanian eSchool, we have experimented with 3D printing, Cricut design, stickers, T-shirts, and other physical outputs. Sometimes these have been successful; other times they've had surprisingly little impact on engagement. One possible explanation is that what we as educators see as a ‘real world’ learning activity does not always align with the world our students live in. Date: Thursday 20 August 2026 Time: 1:00pm-2:00pm AEST Details in article

AADES is proud to announce that Nancy Frey will be joining Doug Fisher to present the keynote The Courage to Learn on the first day of our conference. Nancy Frey, Ph.D., is Professor of Educational Leadership at San Diego State University and teacher leader at Health Sciences High. She is a credentialed special educator, reading specialist, and administrator in California. Current books include The Teaching Reading Playbook, Teaching Students to Drive Their Learning, Welcome to Teaching, and The PLC+ suite of books. We are excited to hear from these passionate educators who have a life long commitment to making learning accessible for every student including the online context.

Are you coming to our Biennial AADES Conference in Sydney? Please join us to acknowledge exceptional teaching and leadership at the AADES Awards Dinner. The dinner is included in your registration. You're invited to add a touch of sparkle to your outfit as we celebrate and share the achievements of our distance education community.