The following links are professional associations associated with Instructional technology.
AERA American Educational Research Association
(http://www.aera.net)
Mission
The American Educational Research Association (AERA), a professional membership organization, strives to improve the educational process by encouraging scholarly inquiry related to education. AERA offers a comprehensive program of scholarly publications, training, fellowships, and meetings to advance educational research, to disseminate knowledge, and to improve the capacity of the profession to enhance the public good.
ASTD American Society for Training and Development
(http://www.astd.org/astd)
ASTD is a leading association of workplace learning and performance professionals, forming a world-class community of practice. ASTD's 70,000 members and associates come from more than 100 countries and thousands of organizations--multinational corporations, medium-sized and small businesses, government, academia, consulting firms, and product and service suppliers.
Association for the Advancement of Computers in Education(AACE)
(http://www.aace.org/)
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 with an interest in advancing knowledge and learning with information technology in education.
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
(http://www.acm.org/)
Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT)
(http://www.aect.org/
AECT - Division of Training and Performance
(http://www.aect.org/T&P/)
International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI)
(http://www.ispi.org/)
Chicago Chapter of ISPI
(http://www.cispi.com/)
Michigan Chapter of ISPI
(http://www.ispimi.org/)