Distinguished Fellows have been represented by the ISETL organization as providing outstanding contributions to ISETL and higher education for several years, as well as an outstanding record of (a) scholarship related to teaching and learning in higher education or (b) teaching in higher education.
| Distinguished Fellow | Institution |
| Samuel Postlethwait | Purdue University |
| Joseph E. J. Habowsky | University of Windsor |
| Charles Wales | West Virginia University |
| Kenneth Klopfenstein | Colorado State University |
| Jean W. Wold | California State University |
| Donald Borchardt | Rutgers University |
| Robert A. Stager | University of Windsor |
| A. Jeanne Miller | University of Central Florida |
| Eunice L. Krinsky | California State University |
| Anne H. Nardi | West Virginia University |
| Bruce Saulnier | Quinnipiac University |
| Jerry W. Samples | University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown |
| Susan E. Copeland | Clayton State University |
| Peter Doolittle | Virginia Tech |
| Krista Terry | Appalachian State University |
| Jill Lane, Ph.D | Clayton State University |