Welcome to Association for Educational Communications and Technology

The Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is a professional association of thousands of educators and others whose activities are directed toward improving instruction through technology.  AECT members may be found in colleges and universities; in the Armed Forces and industry; in museums, libraries, and hospitals; in the many places where educational change is underway.  AECT members carry out a wide range of responsibilities in the study, planning, application, and production of communications media for instruction.

The Association has become a major organization for those actively involved in the designing of instruction and a systematic approach to learning.  It provides an international forum for the exchange and dissemination of ideas for its members and for target audiences; it is the national and international spokesperson for the improvement of instruction; and, it is the most recognized association of information concerning a wide range of instructional and educational technology.  Along with our members, we have numerous state and international affiliates who are all passionate about finding better ways to help people learn.  AECT is the oldest professional home for this field of interest and has continuously maintained a central position in the field, promoting high standards, both in scholarship and in practice.  AECT has 10 divisions and a Graduate Student Assembly that represent 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.

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Certificate Program Endorsement Policy

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AECT Standards for Professional Education Programs

AECT Legends and Legacies

Instructional Design Standards for Distance Learning

Research Initiatives

From time to time, AECT receives formal requests for the purpose of soliciting AECT members to participate in surveys and other studies.

Please review guidelines to make formal requests for a research initiative.

AECT Policy Briefs

Division Report Form

AECT Design and Development Competition

The Design and Development Division of AECT is pleased to announce the 2018 AECT Design and Development Competition for promising instructional design research by graduate students working with mentors in the Design and Development Division.
Learn more... AECT student members can go to access information and resources to help them on their job searches.

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Routledge/AECT Partnership

Educational Partners

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