Major Professional Organizations & Journals

Major professional associations / organizations related to the field of Ed Tech and HPT.

• Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT)
  The mission of AECT is to provide leadership by linking professionals who share a common interest in the use of educational technology and its application to the learning process. This site provides events, news, conference information, and educational resources.
  
  
• American Educational Research Association (AERA)
  This organization provides a forum for educational researchers to present their findings and publish their work. The group offers yearly conferences, issue papers, and career opportunities.
  
  
• Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE)
  SITE is an international association of individual teacher educators, and affiliated organizations of teacher educators in all disciplines, who are interested in the creation and dissemination of knowledge about the use of information technology in teacher education and faculty/staff development.
  
  
• International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
  ISTE's mission is to help K-12 classroom teachers and administrators share effective methods for enhancing student learning through the use of new classroom technologies. This group is the largest teacher-based, nonprofit organization in the field of educational technology.
  
  
• Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
  AACE's membership includes researchers, developers, and practitioners in schools, colleges, and universities; administrators, policy decision-makers, trainers, adult educators, and other specialists in education, industry, and the government. Their interest is in advancing knowledge and learning about information technology in education.
  
  
• Society for Applied Learning Technology (SALT)
  SALT's membership is oriented to professionals whose work requires knowledge and communication in the field of instructional technology. SALT has sponsored conferences which cover a wide range of application areas such as distance learning, interactive multimedia in education and training, development of interactive instruction materials, performance support systems applications in education and training, interactive instruction delivery, and information literacy.
  
  
• International Technology Education Association (ITEA)
  This association is the largest professional educational association, principal voice, and information clearinghouse devoted to enhancing technology education through experiences in our schools (K-12).
  
  
• Institute for the Transfer of Technology to Education (ITTE)
  ITTE is a program of the National School Boards Association designed to help advance the wise use of technology in public education. The site offers community news and books, plus technology and learning conferences.
  
  
• EDUCAUSE - its mission is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology.
  
  
• Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD)
  AHRD was formed to encourage systematic study of human resource development theories, processes, and practices; to disseminate information about HRD, to encourage the application of HRD research findings, and to provide opportunities for social interaction among individuals with scholarly and professional interests in HRD from multiple disciplines and from across the globe.
  
  
• American Society for Training and Development (ASTD)
  ASTD is the world's premier professional association and leading resource on workplace learning and performance issues.
  
  
• International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI)
  The International Society for Performance Improvement is the leading international association dedicated to improving productivity and performance in the workplace. ISPI's mission is to develop and recognize the proficiency of its members and advocate the use of Human Performance Technology.
  

E-journals at Purdue University's library, which can be reviewed electronically on campus.

• AERA Journals - AERA publishes six journals. They contain scholarly articles of general significance to the educational research and practice community from a wide range of disciplines. All the journals are available electronically at Purdue University library except the Review of Research in Education (RRE).
  
  
• British Journal of Educational Technology - it provides readers with the widest possible coverage of developments in international educational and training technology. BJET is a primary source for academics and professionals in learning technology.
  
  
• Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia - JEMH is designed to provide a multi-disciplinary forum to present and discuss research, development and applications of multimedia and hypermedia in education.
  
  
• Journal of Technology and Teacher Education - JTATE is the official journal of SITE. It serves as a forum for the exchange of knowledge about the use of information technology in teacher education.
  
  
• Journal of Educational Psychology - the main purpose of the Journal of Educational Psychology is to publish original, primary psychological research pertaining to education across all ages and educational levels.
  

Journals available online or journals with abstracts which can be accessed from the Internet.

• Educational Technology Research and Development - ETR&D is published four times per year by the Association for Educational Communications and Technology. The only scholarly journal for the field focusing entirely on research and development in educational technology.
  
  
• TechTrends - it is sponsored by AECT and features practical articles on how the latest developments in technology affect education
  
  
• Syllabus - Syllabus is the only monthly publication that focuses on the role of technology in higher education. The mission is to inform educators on how technology can be used to support their teaching, learning and administrative activities.
  
  
• T.H.E. Journal - the longest running magazine devoted to Educational Technology and is FREE to educators in the United States.
  
  
• Learning & Leading with Technology - L&L is oriented as from educators for educators. Its contributors and readers are classroom teachers, lab teachers, technology coordinators, and teacher educators. It has online access to ISTE members.
  
  
• Journal of Instruction Delivery Systems - JIDS is a quarterly publication sponsored SALT. It is devoted to the issues, problems, and applications of instructional delivery systems in education, training, and job performance. Its purpose is to inform managers, senior professionals, and developers of specific examples of applications of technology based learning systems for education, training, and job performance improvement in terms of results that can be or have been achieved. 
   

Major journals which can't be accessed electronically & a link to more professional journals in Ed Tech field.

• Educational Technology Magazine - a world renowned pioneer periodical in the field of technology in education and training.
  
  
• Performance Improvement - this journal is geared toward practitioners of performance technology in the workplace. It offers updates on trends, reviews, and field viewpoints. The journal deals with all types of interventions and all phases of the HPT process.
  
  
• Performance Improvement Quarterly - a peer-reviewed journal created to stimulate professional discussion in the field of performance improvement and to advance the discipline of HPT through publishing scholarly works.
  
  
• Ed Tech Journals at ERIC - professional journals of educational technology which are reviewed and articles are selected, abstracted and indexed for publication in the Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE) as well as the ERIC database.
  

Lists of books which are recommended readings for people in the field of Ed Tech or related fields from BookstoRead.com.

• Top Ten Lists of Books for Instructional Design & Technology - a showcase of books which might be recommended readings for people in the instructional design and technology field.
  
  
• To Ten Lists of Books for Distance Educational and Online Learning - a showcase of books which might be recommended readings for people interested in distance learning.