The International Society for Self-Directed Learning was founded in 2005. We are dedicated to the promotion of self-directed lifelong learning and to the encouragement and dissemination of continued research on self-directed learning both within and outside of institutional contexts: in childhood education, higher education, adult education, training and human resource development, as well as informal and non-formal contexts.

We offer two major venues for information exchange and research dissemination:

• The International Self-Directed Learning Symposium.
Held annually since it was founded by Dr. Huey Long in 1986, the Symposium provides an international forum for the presentation and discussion of current developments in the study and application of self-directed learning.

• The International Journal of Self-Directed Learning.
Published biannually, the IJSDL is a refereed, electronic journal founded to disseminate scholarly papers that document research, theory, or innovative or exemplary practice in self-directed learning.

For information on paper submission for the Symposium or article submission for the journal, see information on the Home page.

The Editorial Board of the International Journal of Self-Directed Learning is composed of the following:

EDITOR
Lucy Madsen Guglielmino, Florida Atlantic University

EDITOR EMERITUS
Huey B. Long, University of Oklahoma (Emeritus)

EDITORIAL BOARD
Naomi Boyer, University of South Florida Polytechnic
Ralph G. Brockett, University of Tennessee
Robert J. Bulik, University of Texas Medical Branch
Rosemary Caffarella,, Cornell University  
Philippe Carré, Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, France
Gary J. Confessore George Washington University (Emeritus)
Richard E. Durr, Online Training Institute
Brian Findley, Palm Beach State College
Paul J. Guglielmino, Florida Atlantic University (Retired)
Joan H. Hanor, California State University San Marcos
Roger Hiemstra, Syracuse University(Emeritus)
Waynne James, University of South Florida
Carol Kasworm, North Carolina State University
William J. Kops, University of Manitoba, Canada
Theresa N. Liddell, School District of Palm Beach County
Patricia A. Maher, University of South Florida
Sharan Merriam, University of Georgia (Emeritus)
Magdalena Mo Ching Mok, The Hong Kong Institute of Education
Albertina Oliveira, University of Coimbra, Portugal
EunMi Park, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Janet Piskurich, Stephen S. Foster Medical School, Texas Tech
George Piskurich, ACS, a Xerox Company
Michael K. Ponton, Regent University
Kathleen B. Rager, University of Oklahoma
Thomas G. Reio, Jr., Florida International University
Karen Wilson Scott, Idaho State University
Peter L. Zsiga, St. Lucie County Schools, Indian River State College