Professional  Associations

Assignment Description: Identify a professional association in the field of instructional technology. In a paper of no more than five pages (double-spaced, APA style):
  1. briefly trace the history of the association, 
  2. mention where it is headquartered and how many members it has, 
  3. relate its stated mission,
  4. describe its annual conference(s), 
  5. list its offices (executive director, president, etc.) and who holds those offices and, finally (and most significantly), 
  6. describe how being a member would benefit you, especially regarding achieving your professional goals.


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Professional Conferences

Assignment Description: In a paper of no more than five pages (double-spaced, APA style),  identify a professional conference in the field of  instructional technology and its guidelines for presentations. Include the following information: 
  1. Location of the next annual conference 
  2. Description of participants/intended audience and approximate
    attendance 
  3. Cost—to regular members, to regular non-members, and to students 
  4. Types of presentations 
  5. Process for submitting a presentation proposal

Professional Journals

Assignment Description: In a paper of no more than five pages (double-spaced, APA style), identify a professional journal in the field of instructional technology and describe the Nominate an individual who has made a significant contribution to the field of instructional technology and prepare a brief (less than three minutes) biographical presentation that includes: 
  1. Frequency of publication 
  2. Intended audience 
  3. Professional organization (if any) with which it is affiliated
  4. Names of the editors
  5. Subscription cost  
  6. Its authors’ guidelines for publication
  7. Percentage of submitted articles that are published
  8. Summary of the types of subjects addressed in a typical issue

ITDE Hall of Fame

Assignment Description: Nominate an individual who has made a significant contribution to the field of instructional technology and prepare a brief (less than three minutes) biographical presentation that includes: 
  1. a photo of your nominee  
  2. your nominee’s birth year (and year of death, if the subject is no  longer living), 
  3. your nominee’s alma mater, 
  4. your nominee’s places of professional employment,  
  5. a description of your nominee’s major publications and, most importantly,
  6. the reason(s) why this person deserves to be enshrined in an  instructional technology hall of fame.
Your presentation will include a PowerPoint slide show of at least five slides and will  be presented with narration during a Wimba Live session that  you will record ("archive").

Assignment Reflection

This assignment is broken down into four individual research activities. As an ITDE professional I found these research activities to be very informative and insightful, especially when learning about different individuals in the field of instructional technology. Working in training and development I am aware of some professional associations and conferences, but I don’t usually have the time to investigate and look new ones up. The first two activities had us research professional associations and conferences that currently exist in the ITDE field and I have book marked several of them as resources of organizations and events that I could possibly join or attend in the future. Looking up professional journals was a perfect activity for me to learn about some of the professional journals in the instructional design field. This activity gave me an opportunity to learn about the guidelines and requirements that helped me write the journal article assignment for the EDD 8123 course.