Design & Development Division

• Promotes the quality and effectiveness of teaching and learning through the acquisition and application of knowledge, skills, and dispositions to design conditions for learning, develop instructional materials and experiences and evaluate the adequacy of instruction and learning.
  Visit the Design and Development Website for more information.
  
  PacifiCorp Design Competition 2007 Details Coming Soon!

http://www.aect.org/Pacificorp/index.htm

PacifiCorp and the Design and Development Division of AECT co-sponsor this award yearly for promising instructional design research by graduate students who are matched with mentors from AECT's Design and Development Division. The competition committee is specifically interested in promoting collaboration and mentoring within the professional community.

The goals for this award are to:

• improve the professional practice of design and development in adult learning and performance-improvement settings;
• promote collaboration among students, faculty, and practitioners;
• mentor promising students by leaders outside their home institutions; and,
• recognize innovative design-and-development approaches to adult learning and performance-improvement problems.
  

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• Volunteer Applications
• Intern Applications
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Super EARLY-BIRD REGISTRATION!
2010 AECT International Convention'
October 26-30, 2010
Hyatt Regency Orange County
Anaheim, California
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2009 Convention Proceedings
Volume #1 and 2 of the 32nd Annual Proceedings 2009 Annual Proceedings - Orlando: Volume #1 and 2 is now available online. Click here for online member access.

Call for Participants
PacifiCorp Design and Development Award Competition is now accepting team and mentor assignments.
For detailed guidelines, the problem statement, and the competition timeline, please visit the competition website.

Getting Started in Instructional Technology Research
The Fourth Edition of the Getting Started in Instructional Technology Research is now available online as a member benefit.

Handbook of Research on Educational Communications and Technology
The Third Edition of the Handbook of Research on Educational Communications and Technology is now available online as a member benefit.

Educational Technology: A Definition with Commentary
AECT announces its new effort to frame the contemporary issues of educational technology--Educational Technology: A Definition with Commentary

NEW! Member Access
As an AECT member benefit, Springer Publisher is granting member access to the Instructional Science Journal.
Click here to access this journal.

Curricula Data of Degree Programs in Educational Communications and Technology
AECT is pleased to announce this directory of degree programs in educational communications and technology. Details

NCATE Standards: The Accreditation Committee has prepared an updated standards document to assist you in the preparation of your Program Report for submission to NCATE.