The eLearning Guild is a Community of Practice for e-Learning design, development, and management professionals.

Founded in 1962, ISPI is the leading international association dedicated to improving productivity and performance in the workplace.

In 1997, IMS came into existence as a project within the National Learning Infrastructure Initiative of EDUCAUSE. While IMS got its start with a focus on higher education, the specifications published to date as well as ongoing projects address requirements in a wide range of learning contexts, including of course K-12 schools and corporate and government training.

ASTD (American Society for Training & Development) is the world's largest association dedicated to workplace learning and performance professionals.

Training magazine is a 40-year-old professional development magazine that advocates training and workforce development as a business tool. The magazine delves into management issues such as leadership and succession planning, HR issues such as recruitment and retention, and training issues such as learning theory, on-the-job skills assessments and aligning core workforce competencies to enhance the bottom line impact of training and development programs. Written for training, human resources and business management professionals in all industries.

ALT is a professional and scholarly association which seeks to bring together all those with an interest in the use of learning technology. With over 200 organizations and over 500 individuals in membership they aim to:
 promote good practice in the use of learning technology in education and
     industry;
 represent the members in areas of policy; and
 facilitate collaboration between practitioners, researchers, and policy makers.

The IEEE Learning Technology Standards Committee (LTSC) is chartered by the IEEE Computer Society Standards Activity Board to develop accredited technical standards, recommended practices, and guides for learning technology.