Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education

Name

Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education

Legal name

Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education

Website

https://ascilite.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Tugun

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual and Institutional Membership Fees: ASCILITE generates revenue through individual and institutional membership subscriptions. Individual members access conferences, journals, webinars, SIGs, the community mentoring program, and other member resources. Institutional members gain access for their staff.
2. Annual Conference Revenue: The annual ASCILITE conference is a significant revenue stream, with registration fees ranging from AUD $640-$1230 for full registrations and AUD $375-$655 for day registrations. Pre-conference workshops are AUD $125 per half-day session. Additional revenue comes from social functions such as the welcome reception and gala dinner. The conference is hosted at venues in Australia/New Zealand.
3. Conference Sponsorships: The annual conference attracts commercial sponsors at Gold, Silver, and Bronze tiers. Sponsors include educational technology companies such as D2L (Preferred/Gold), Echo360 (Silver), Assurar (Silver), Turnitin (Bronze), Instructure (Bronze), Stackle (Bronze), and Portflow by Drieam (Bronze).
4. AJET Journal and APubs Publications: ASCILITE publishes the Australasian Journal of Educational Technology (AJET) and Australasian Publications (APubs), which provide open-access scholarly publications for the technology-enhanced learning community in tertiary education.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

ASCILITE is an incorporated not-for-profit professional association serving practitioners, researchers, and educators engaged in technology-enhanced learning in tertiary education across Australasia. It delivers value through individual and institutional memberships, an annual flagship conference, the peer-reviewed Australasian Journal of Educational Technology (AJET), open-access conference proceedings (APUBs), Special Interest Groups, a Community Mentoring Program, webinars, podcasts, and professional development programs including CMALT Australasia certification.

Product overview

ASCILITE is a professional society, not a software product company. Its offering comprises a portfolio of member services, events, publications, and professional development programs unified under its mission to advance technology-enhanced learning in tertiary education. The core offerings include the annual ASCILITE Conference, the peer-reviewed AJET journal, and the APUBs open-access publishing platform for conference proceedings. Professional development products include CMALT Australasia certification, Special Interest Groups (SIGs) across seven focus areas, the Wavelength Podcast series, ASCILITE Live! webinars, the 20-year-old Community Mentoring Program, Spring into Excellence Research School, and awards/grant programs. The society also provides the TELall Blog and fortnightly Member Bulletin for ongoing communication. These products collectively serve individual and institutional members across Australasia's tertiary education sector.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Wavelength Podcast: Community-contributed podcast initiative highlighting contemporary issues and thought leadership in tertiary education with emphasis on technology-enhanced learning
• TELall Blog
• AJET

Products and services

• ASCILITE Conference Annual flagship conference held at venues in Australia and New Zealand, bringing together practitioners, researchers, and educators in technology-enhanced learning. Features paper presentations, workshops, keynotes, poster sessions, social functions, and publishes proceedings via APUBs.
• AJET (Australasian Journal of Educational Technology) Peer-reviewed open-access academic journal publishing research on educational technology in tertiary education, providing scholarly publication opportunities for researchers.
• APUBs (Australasian Publications) Open-access publishing platform used to publish conference proceedings and academic publications for the technology-enhanced learning community.
• Individual Membership Annual membership subscription for individual practitioners and researchers, providing access to the annual conference, AJET journal, webinars, SIGs, Community Mentoring Program, and member bulletin.
• Institutional Membership Annual membership subscription for universities and tertiary education institutions, providing access for staff to conferences, AJET, SIGs, webinars, and professional development resources.
• Special Interest Groups (SIGs) Seven active Special Interest Groups (Business Education, Learning Analytics, Learning Design, Mobile Learning, Open Educational Practice, TELedvisors, and Transforming Assessment) that hold regular meetings, webinars, and activities throughout the year.
• Community Mentoring Program A 20+ year old mentorship program pairing experienced practitioners with mentees for a 12-month collaborative project focused on educational technology.
• CMALT Australasia Certified Membership of the Association for Learning Technology, a professional certification pathway offered to practitioners in learning technology roles.
• ASCILITE Live! Webinars Live webinar series featuring expert speakers and panel discussions on technology-enhanced learning topics, including assurance of learning in the age of AI, assessment design, and academic integrity.
• Wavelength Podcast Community-contributed podcast initiative highlighting contemporary issues and thought leadership in tertiary education with emphasis on technology-enhanced learning, published on Spotify and Apple with DOI assignments.
• Spring into Excellence Research School Annual intensive research development program offering workshops and mentorship for researchers in educational technology.

Quantifiable outcome

• The ASCILITE Community Mentoring Program has been running for over 20 years with over 75 mentors and mentees participating annually in recent programs.
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Core technology

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• D2L (Desire2Learn)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerD2L is a Gold/Preferred sponsor of the ASCILITE 2026 conference and provides funding for ASCILITE Research Grants (D2L ASCILITE Research Grants). D2L is a leading global learning technology company. The partnership supports research in technology-enhanced learning in tertiary education across Australasia.
• Echo360minorGTM or Marketing PartnerEcho360 is a Silver sponsor of the ASCILITE 2026 conference. Echo360 provides lecture capture and active learning platform technology for higher education.
• AssurarminorGTM or Marketing PartnerAssurar is a Silver sponsor of the ASCILITE 2026 conference. Assurar provides academic integrity and assessment security solutions.
• TurnitinminorGTM or Marketing PartnerTurnitin is a Bronze sponsor of the ASCILITE 2026 conference. Turnitin provides academic integrity and plagiarism detection solutions widely used in higher education.
• Instructure (Canvas)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerInstructure is a Bronze sponsor of the ASCILITE 2026 conference. Instructure is the company behind the Canvas learning management system.
• Portflow by DrieamminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPortflow by Drieam is a Bronze sponsor of the ASCILITE 2026 conference. Drieam provides ePortfolio solutions for higher education.
• StackleminorGTM or Marketing PartnerStackle is a Bronze sponsor of the ASCILITE 2026 conference.
• TEQSA (Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTEQSA is Australia's independent national regulator for the higher education sector. ASCILITE engages with TEQSA on sector-wide issues including assurance of learning in the age of generative AI, academic integrity, and quality standards. TEQSA representatives speak at ASCILITE webinars and the sector engages with TEQSA's guidance on assessment reform and AI.
• AAUT (Australian Awards for University Teaching)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerASCILITE engages with and features the Australian Awards for University Teaching (AAUT) in its programming, including podcast episodes discussing AAUT awards and 'The Student Voice' series that examines university priorities.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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