The Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia (ODLAA) is an international professional association of educators, educational researchers, learning designers, instructional designers, consultants, administrators and educational institutions who are dedicated to the advancement of research, practice, and support of education across time and space.

ODLAA was founded in 1973 has a long and distinguished history connecting professionals to share experiences and disseminate information relating to open and distance learning, with the aims of:

Advancing the research, practice and support education across time and space

Continuously engaging, supporting, and developing the learning community involved in education across time and space

Becoming the learning community’s association of choice for those involved in education across time and space