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"AECT is my home in the field of instructional design and technology. My peers are here, my former students are here, who are now peers. Everything that goes on in instructional design and technology is here. You go beyond the journals, and it really is my family within the field."
Ginger Watson-Papelis, Associate Professor of Education, University of Virginia
The Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is an international organization that values diversity of thought, culture and people whose activities are directed toward improving learning. AECT members may be found in colleges and universities; in the Armed Forces and industry; in museums, libraries, and hospitals; and in any other places where educational change takes place. AECT members include instructional designers, researchers, professors and teachers, educational technologists, and other professionals united by a passion for improving teaching and learning. Our members serve in many different settings including education, business and industry, non-profits, military, health care, and other environments. AECT members fulfill a wide range of responsibilities in the study, planning, application, and production of communications media for instruction.
AECT has become a major organization for those actively involved in instructional design and the development of a systematic approach to learning. It provides an international forum for the dissemination and exchange of ideas among its members and target audiences; it is the national and international advocate for the improvement of instruction; and it is the most widely recognized source of information concerning a wide range of instructional and educational technology. AECT and its members have numerous state and international affiliates, all of which are passionate about finding better ways to help people learn. AECT is the oldest professional home for instructional designers and continues to maintain a central position in the field, promoting high standards of scholarship and practice. AECT has 10 divisions and a Graduate Student Assembly that span the breadth and depth of the field. The association produces two print bimonthly journals, Educational Technology Research and Development and TechTrends, and three electronic journals, Journal of Formative Design in Learning, The Journal of Applied Instructional Design, and International Journal of Designs for Learning.
2020 AECT International Convention
Homecoming (Homestaying): A Return to Learning through Innovation
PROPOSAL Review now in progress
20
Apr
2021
Online whiteboards have grown in popularity and are typically easy and inexpensive to use. Sev...
30
Apr
2021
April 30th, 2021 is the Deadline for the RTD Theory Spotlight Competition to submit you...
18
May
2021
ADECT/AECT International Conference:
"The Innovative Educator – Brid...
14
Jun
2021
2021 AECT-INDIA SUMMER INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
Intersection of Education and Te...
March 05 2021
The 2020 International Convention being a virtual event provided a unique opportunity to have sessio...
February 24 2021
The Early-Bird Registration for the 2021 AECT International Convention is now available.
March 05 2021
As a member, please extend your congratulations and support to your new leaders. AECT also extends i...
Apr 14 2021
Check out AECT‘s new digital publication, AECT Interactions, a short-form publication of relev...
Apr 12 2021
Free Access to Special Issue: Shifting to Digital - Informing the Rapid Development, Deployment, and...
Mar 05 2021
The 2020 AECT Proceedings for the AECT Convention, 'Towards Culturally-Situated Learning Design and ...
Jan 27 2021
by M. David Merrill, Professor Emeritus, Utah State University