About WAOE

The World Association for Online Education (WAOE) is a nonprofit public benefit corporation, incorporated in the State of California, USA. WAOE is organised for charitable purposes and not for the private gain of any person.

The specific purposes for which this members' association is organised are described in detail in the WAOE Bylaws. These include WAOE's objectives to:

develop computer-assisted online education as a professional discipline, based upon voluntary efforts of educators so involved throughout the world
evaluate educational content presented over online media, basing these activities upon sound pedagogical principles, humanistic ethics, and the support of educators so involved
assist educators and administrators in the conceptualisation, planning, construction, administration, and evaluation of online instruction, as well as in the selection and use of academically reliable online resources in face-to-face courses
create an international community of online educators for mutual support
provide scholarly information to all those concerned with the quality of online education

For more information about the way WAOE has been taking shape, go to the Communication page of the WAOE Website and look up the Archive of Founding Documents. This archive includes:

Details of WAOE Officers/Directors and Appointed Officers
A copy of the November 1998 NEWS RELEASE: World Association for Online Education
An outline of the Proposed WAOE Committee System
The Founding Propositions of WAOE (August 1998)

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Copyright in the contents of this Bulletin is held by the World Association for Online Education (WAOE), incorporated in the State of California, United States of America as a non-profit organisation. For enquiries, contact WAOE at waoe@waoe.org

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End of WEB Vol 1, No 8, June 25 1999.