What does AECT mean in EDUCATIONAL

AECT stands for The Association for Educational Communications and Technology. AECT is an international, non-profit organization that promotes the study and improvement of learning through technology. It was founded in 1938 and is one of the largest organizations of its type in the world.

The primary objectives of AECT include promoting excellence in educational research, professional practice, and policy development; developing and maintaining high standards for educational communications and technology; advocating responsible applications of emerging technologies and approaches to instruction; providing a network for scholarly dialogue among professionals in the field; fostering collaboration among educational researchers, practitioners, administrators, and policy makers; and encouraging interdisciplinary study of educational communications and technology around the world.

AECT promotes excellence through various activities such as publishing books, journals, conference proceedings, newsletters, periodicals, audiovisuals, multimedia products, online courses, websites/databases and other materials that contribute to advancing knowledge in the field. Additionally, they sponsor conferences and seminars to provide a platform where practitioners can discuss their work.

There are many benefits to becoming a member of AECT including access to a wide variety of resources like publications, information about job opportunities or grant programs related to educational communication and technology; discounts on publications or events hosted by the association; networking with fellow members who share similar interests as well as connecting with potential collaborators from within or outside education profession.

Yes! AECT offers several certification programs that assess competency in five important areas related to instructional design — principles & theories (SIDT), learning technologies (LTDT), application & evaluation (AEIT), processes & products (PPCT) / instructional systems design (ISDAT),and multimedia development (MDCT). Those who complete all five certifications earn “The Master Professional” designation signifying mastery within this field.

The Association holds annual conferences each year in different locations around United States with focused themes related to educational media/technology applications/research. The primary conference also hosts special events such as pre-conference workshops or symposia & poster sessions along with keynote lectures & panel discussions by experts from various fields related to instructional design/educational media/technology.

Yes! They welcome members from around the world who share common interests in Educational Communications & Technologies scholarship or practice regardless background or nationality thanks to its broad based support from over 650 institutional members from more than 50 countries outside USA along with individual members worldwide across many disciplines like Instructional Designers/Developers/ Researchers/Educators/Technologists etc.

Regular members are eligible for several awards offered by the organization including Distinguished Service Award which recognizes outstanding service contributions towards advancement of profession Alumni Recognition Awards for exemplary performance alumni who graduated before 2007 Media Awards that recognizes authors on topics related book chapters Journal Articles Symposium Papers Conference Posters etc., Videos Digital Games Mobile Apps Audio Programs etc., Society Awards that recognizes outstanding groups or initiatives within association Student Awards given out every year at annual convention to top performing students Projects Directors Appreciation Award recognizing excellence technical leadership given away at annual meeting.