WAOE President from 2007 Nick Bowskill in England (pictured in the Flickr photo to the right) has established a Ning site with an international membership of e-learning practitioners.

Regardless of formal membership status, individuals with a scholarly interest in online education are welcome to start participating in our global virtual organization by joining the WAOE-Views mailing list.  In a recent post, Steve McCarty in Japan explained some history and why WAOE membership is free: "In 1998-99 WAOE was growing quite large, but some directors thought members should pay dues. That unfortunately took WAOE away from many people we wanted to serve but who did not make online payments in U.S. dollars, at least in those days. Membership numbers have declined since then, but we were able to abolish dues in the year 2000 by letting honoraria for articles published at the Child Research Net Website in Tokyo go to WAOE. Arun Tripathi in Germany, Prof. Roberto Mueller in Brazil, and other officers were involved in collaborating with the the Child Research Net on a World Cultural Festival. WAOE has also thankfully received donations from officers and general members. As a result, WAOE's domain registration and ISP are paid for until around 2015."