I am putting together a list of social media groups, specifically Facebook and LinkedIn groups, to share with the students in the UT IDT program. I thought it would be a nice resource that would allow them to be expose to diverse groups of instructional designers in different settings, levels of experience, and locations. I remember when I first started my IDT master program it seemed like there was hardly anyone else who knew what was instructional design. In any case, I know it can feel like just you and your classmates are learning about instructional design. In reality, we have large communities of instructional design practitioners, students, and faculty. This is a work in progress list, I will add more groups as I come across them.

• Florida Suncoast Chapter: Association for Talent Development:
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/1476417/
• Association of Educational Communications and Technology (AECT):
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/55502/
  • AECT Graduate Student Assembly:
    • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/aectgsa/
    • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/1225417/
  • AECT Teacher Education Division: https://www.facebook.com/groups/AECT.TED/
  • AECT Division of Distance Learning: https://www.facebook.com/groups/aectddl/
  • AECT Culture, Learning and Technology: https://www.facebook.com/groups/aectclt/ 
  • AECT Division of Organizational Training and Performance: https://www.facebook.com/groups/aect.tandp/
  • AECT Design and Development Division:
    • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/aectdesignanddevelopment/
    • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/1844190/
  • AECT Research and Theory Division: https://www.facebook.com/groups/aectrtd
• American Educational Research Association:
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/105053/ 
  • AERA Division C: Learning & Instruction: https://www.facebook.com/groups/19010695699/
  • AERA SIG Instructional Technology: https://www.facebook.com/groups/aerasigit/
  • AERA SIG Design and Technology: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/3704774/
• Other Facebook and LinkedIn Groups:
  • Instructional Designers
  • Instructional Designers in Education
  • Professors of Instructional Design & Technology
  • Diseño Instrucciones LATAM
  • Diseñadora Instruccionales Latinoamérica y Europa
  • International Society for Performance Improvements
  • Association for Talent Development
• Social media accounts for 46 different Instructional Design & Technology programs:
  • Crowded source Google Spreadsheet