The Distance Education and Learning Futures Alliance (DELFA) aims to build capacity and a network of leaders who are at the forefront of new innovations in teaching and learning in tertiary education. DELFA supports new models and emerging approaches to tertiary education for today's digitally wired, globally connected and rapidly changing higher education landscape. It brings together a unique mix of leading scholars and educators to create a powerful community of practice which can help seed and evaluate the effectiveness of new innovations in distance education and learning futures.
In this sense DELFA aims to be recognised as a driving force and world leader in redefining and transforming the nature of teaching and learning for today's modern digital-era university. The essence of DELFA's mission is encapsulated in the words of John F. Kennedy:
• Centres for Teaching and Learning
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• Ako Aotearoa | National Centre of Tertiary Teaching Excellence
• ALTC | Australian Learning and Teaching Council
• ASCILITE | Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education
• ALT | Association for Learning Technology
• AACE | Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education
• ACODE | Australasian Council on Open, Distance and E-learning
• CADAD | Council of Australian Directors of Academic Development
• DEANZ | Distance Education Association of NZ
• DEHub | Distance Education Hub
• EDEN | European Distance and eLearning Network
• HERDSA | Higher Education Research and Development Society
• HEC | Higher Education Academy
• ICDE | International Council for Open and Distance Education
• JISC | Joint Information Systems Committee
• NUTN | National University Telecommunications Network
• ODLAA | Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia
• SEDA | Staff and Educational Development Association
• Sloan-C | The Sloan Consortium
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