ERIC Number: ED298933
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1984
Pages: 7
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The Potential for Professional Certification in the Field of Instructional/Training Design.
Bratton, Barry
This chapter considers the need for professional certification of instructional developers and describes the work of various organizations in this area. The differences between certification, accreditation, and licensure are examined, and the certification efforts of the Division of Instructional Development (DID) of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is detailed. The work of the DID certification task force is discussed, and the listing of instructional development competencies developed by this task force is presented. Certification efforts by other organizations are also described, including those of the American Society for Testing and Development (ASTD) and a joint task force of the DID and the National Society for Performance and Instruction (NSPI). (7 references) (Author/EW)
Publication Type: Historical Materials; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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