Association for Educational Communications
and Technology (AECT)

Administrative History/Information:

The Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) provides leadership in educational communications and technology. An overview of its history is below:

• In 1923, the National Education Association (NEA) established the Department of Visual Instruction (DVI) to promote more classroom communication through the use of wider resources.
• In 1945, the NEA established the Division of Audio-Visual Instructional Service to promote new programs of audio-visual instruction
• In 1947, DVI became the Department of Audio-Visual Instruction (DAVI)
• In 1951, DAVI establishes the Archives and History Committee and an Archives Library.
• Finally, in 1971, DAVI changed its name to the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) and separated from NEA

Related Collections:

• Archives of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT)
• LaVerne W. Miller Papers

Reference Shelf Materials

Reading Room

Association for Educational Communications and Technology.

• College Learning Resources Program: A Book of Readings. Washington, DC: Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 1977. NPBA REF LB 1028.3 .C635
• Definition of Educational Technology. Washington, DC: Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 1979. NPBA REF LB 1028.3 .A822 1979
• Educational Technology: A Glossary of Terms. Washington, DC: Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 1979. LB 1028.3 .A82 1979
• Educational Technology: Definition and Glossary of Terms. Washington, DC: Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 1977. LB 1028.3 .A767 1977

Association for Educational Communications and Technology. Committee on Evaluation of Media Programs. Evaluating Media Programs, District and School: A Method and an Instrument. Washington, DC: Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 1976. NPBA REF LB 1028.3 .A86

Association for Educational Communications and Technology. Teacher Education Committee. Basic Guidelines for Media and Technology in Teacher Education. Washington, DC: Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 1971. NPBA REF LB 1731 .A78

Audiovisual Instructor. 1956-1979 Periodicals

AV Communication Review. 1953-1976 Periodicals

Bailey, Stephen K. Educational Interest Groups in the Nation's Capital. 1975. LC 89 .B33

Boyle, Deirdre. Expanding Media. Phoenix, AZ : Oryx Press, 1977. Z 688 .N6 E45

Brown, James W., ed. Educational Media Yearbook 1977. New York: R.R. Bowker, 1977. LB 1043 .E34

Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Directory of Information Sources for Public Television. Washington, DC: Corporation for Public Broadcasting, 1980. LB 1044.8 .D55

Educational Communications and Technology - A Journal of Theory, Research and Development. 1977-1988 Serials

Hillard, Robert L. and Hyman H. Field. Television and the Teacher: A Handbook for Classroom Use. New York: Hastings House, 1976. LB 1044.7 .H5 1975

Instructional Innovator. 1980-1985 Periodicals

National Conference on Technology and Education. Technology and Education: Policy, Implementation, Evaluation: Proceedings of the National Conference on Technology and Education, January 26-28, 1981. Washington, DC: Institute for Educational Leadership, Inc., 1981. LB 1028.3 .N3 1981

Tech Trends. 1986-1988. Periodicals

By Request

Association for Educational Communications and Technology.

• AECT Our 50 Years...Technology in Transition, 1923-1973. 1973. Folder: 021
• "Archives." Index/Inventory

KBPS. Program Guide: "The Sound of DAVI. 1969. Folder: 721

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