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:
- 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:
- Social media accounts for 46 different Instructional Design & Technology programs:
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This is wonderful! Thank you so much! I have to give an extra huge thank you for the Google spreadsheet of IDT programs. This is something that I have had on the back burner to put together for teachers looking to get into ID. I hear this question asked so many times in a Facebook ID group. I hope you don’t mind if I link this spreadsheet to my otherjobsforteachers.com resources page as well. Thanks again!!!!
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Glad this is helpful! And, absolutely feel free to share the links in the post with others
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