Membership In NC ALTA

We invite you to join the North Carolina Advanced Learning Technologies Association (NCALTA), a 501(c)(6) organization.  Our mission is to provide long-term economic and societal benefits to North Carolina through fostering the statewide growth of research, development and education in the creation of Advanced Learning Technologies for workforce development.

North Carolina has a rare blend of leading learning institutions, game development studios, new media companies, and companies dedicated to creating learning programs.  NCALTA will leverage these resources to establish North Carolina as the world’s foremost hub for creating Advanced Learning Technologies, a burgeoning source of high-paying jobs and transformational learning tools.

One of the primary goals of NCALTA is to return tangible benefits to its members.  The association will seek assistance in the form of state and federal funding, tax incentives, public awareness, and other means to foster the growth of the industry and provide direct benefits to the educational system and workforce in North Carolina.
Our short term objective is to create a web site that facilitates networking among technology developers, students, teachers, learners, and planners through a system supporting collaboration and resource sharing.   Additionally, we will hold regular meetings to promote professional growth anddevelopment.

Our long term objective is the establishment of an IDEAL Tech Center (Interactive Digital Environments for Advanced Learning).  The IDEALTech Center will accelerate economic development in North Carolina by serving as an incubator lab for projects sponsored by members of the business community.  Businesses will benefit by having access to qualified software developers coming from formal programs at local universities and community colleges who augment their training at the IDEAL Tech Center. Trainees will be prepared for the high-paying, high-tech jobs this industry is generating as they advance their skills while working on real-world applications at the incubator lab within a professional, team-based production environment, using the state of the art tools and systems available at the IDEAL Tech Center.