Top Ten Reasons to Join

Holly MarshburnGSA Communications Officer

Nova Southeastern UniversityITDE Dissertation Café

Megan MurtaughGSA/AECT Board Representative

Tuesday, April 23, 20127:30PM

1- Student Membership Rates

Membership Type Rate

New student $75

New regular $125

New regular (plus ETR&D) $175

New retired $60

Corporate $400

Institution Rate varies

2- Professional Development

Annual convention Summer leadership conference Workshops

First Principles of Instruction

Webinars When Can You Trust the Experts? World Class Education: Educating Creative and

Entrepreneurial Students Digital Badges & the Educational Revolution Are you Digitally Literate?

3- Leadership Opportunities (GSA)

PresidentAECT Board RepAECT Chief Openness OfficerCommunications OfficerProf. Ethics Committee Rep

Culture, Learning, and Tech*Design & Dev. Board RepDistance Learning Liaison*International Board RepITForum RepMultimedia Prod. Board RepResearch & Theory PD Liaison*Systemic Change Board RepTeacher Education Board RepTraining & Perform. Board Rep

4- Career Center

Job postings Profile

Job search Job alert

5- Publications & Conference Proceedings

Educational Technology Research & Design

TechTrends Distance Learning Quarterly Review of Distance

Education

6- Awards/Scholarships

NSUAward for Outstanding Practice by a Graduate Student in Instructional Design

AECT IAP-DDL Awards ect Mentor Endowment Scholarship Immersive Learning Award-Grad McJulien Minority Graduate Award Robert M. Gagne Award for Graduate

Student Research in Instructional Design Young Researcher Award

7- Internships

Convention Behind the scenes Leader mentors Board meetings Special events Intern class activity

8- Service Opportunities

Convention Facilitator Reviewer Volunteer-Tech, Reg., Book Store, ISMF

Organization Positions Committee Liaison Representative

9- GSA Convention Track & Activities

Job hunt Research agenda Publishing tips Futurist panel Contests Brown bag lunch Welcome reception Socials

10- Networking

Grad students Professors Leaders in the industry Prominent researchers

How to Join

Visit this link to join:

http://aect.site-ym.com/general/register_start.asp?ref=6D99908C-673A-4DA8-BC1D-A30664C932A7

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