AADES is the peak professional organisation in Australasia representing school level distance education

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.

The AADES Council met in NSW last week for their AGM and to plan the year ahead. There will be may exciting initiatives in 2025 which will expand opportunities for our members to connect around our common purpose of providing the best possible learning opportunities for our students. This article includes our 2025 Council and 2024 report.