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(The) Sloan Consortium, also known as Sloan-c, is a non-profit organization committed to the continuous improvement and implementation of online education. True to their name, Sloan-c is a consortium of institutions and organizations that focus on collaborative knowledge for the online learning community. Sloan assits its members in collaborative initiatives as well as the online community through publications (Sloan-c View and JALN - Journal of Asynchronus Learning Networks), workshops, and the Annual International Conference of Online Learning.

History
The organization has its roots in the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in NYC, where in 1993 Ralph Gomery (president, Sloan Foundation) and Frank Maydas (program director, Sloan Foundation) began the "Sloan online learning program" The program began with an informal mission statement of "Learning Available for everyone in America that wants to learn"