International Council for Open and Distance Education

ICDE - International Council for Open and Distance Education
FormationAugust 1938
TypeNGO
HeadquartersOslo, Norway
Region
Worldwide
Membership200 institutional members Universities, higher education institutions & associations.
Official language
English
President
Neil Fassina, President of Okanagan College, Canada
Secretary General
Torunn Gjelsvik
AffiliationsUNESCO, Commonwealth of Learning, IAU, Open Education Consortium
Websitewww.icde.org

The International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) is a membership-led global organization in the field of online, open and technology enhanced education. It consists of more than 200 higher education institutions and organizations in some 84 countries.

Founded in 1938, the ICDE has its permanent secretariat in Oslo, Norway. It is currently partly funded by a grant from the Government of Norway and has been hosted in Oslo since 1988, where is a registered not-for-profit organization in Norway and operates under Norwegian law.

Since 1960, ICDE has a partnership with UNESCO.

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