Educational Media and Technology Yearbook: Volume 45

This is Volume 45 of the Educational Media and Technology Yearbook. For the past 40 years, the Yearbook has contributed to the field of Educational Technology in presenting contemporary topics, ideas, and developments regarding diverse technology tools for educational purposes.

The Yearbook editors have dedicated themselves to providing a record of contemporary trends related to educational communications and technology.

Part One of this updated volume, “Trends and Issues in Learning, Design and Technology,” presents an array of chapters that develop some of the current themes listed above, in addition to others. In Part Two, “Leadership Profiles,” the authors provide biographical sketches of the careers of instructional technology leaders. Part Three, “Graduate Programs in Learning, Design, and Technology,” and Part Four, “Organizations and Associations in North America,” are, respectively, directories of instructional technology-related organizations and institutions of higher learning offering degrees in related fields. Finally, Part Five, the “Mediagraphy,” presents an annotated listing of selected current publications related to the field.

The Yearbook is of particular interest to media and technology professionals in K-12 school, higher education, and business contexts.

Hyewon Lee, Ph.D., is an Instructional Designer at the University of Georgia. As an instructional designer, instructor, and content developer in K-12 and higher education settings, her contributions encompass knowledge and skills in creating and developing courses, integrating diverse packages, apps, and services into course content, and interacting with diverse groups for formative evaluation.

Jill E. Stefaniak is an associate professor in the Learning, Design, and Technology program in the Department of Workforce Education and Instructional Technology at the University of Georgia, USA. Her research interests focus on the professional development of instructional designers, designer decision-making processes, and contextual factors influencing design in situated environments.

Rob Branch, Ed.D., is a Professor of Learning, Design, and Technology. His research focuses on using diagrams to deconstruct complex conceptual relationships and other complicated flow processes. He teaches Message Design and Project Management. He co-authored Survey of Instructional Design Models and authored: Instructional Design: The ADDIE Approach. Dr. Branch is a Past President of the AECT.