The Society sponsors 2 conferences each year focusing on technologies used for education, training and job performance improvement, specifically authoring systems, blended learning, distance learning, e-learning, electronic performance support systems (EPSS), interactive multimedia, instructional design, knowledge management systems (KM), Learning Resource Center (LRC), online learning, and web based training.
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These technologies are discussed and reviewed in the context of applications development for interactive learning, skills development, professional development, teacher training, technology applications in schools and university, industrial training, homeland security and defense, distance education, learning over the internet, and instructional systems design and development Founded in 1972, membership in the Society for Applied Learning Technology® is oriented to professionals whose work requires knowledge and communication in the field of instructional technology. It is a professional society, designed for individual membership participation with classes of membership keyed to the interest and experience of the individual. The Society provides a means to enhance the knowledge and job performance of an individual by participating in Society sponsored meetings, and through receiving Society sponsored publications. It enables one to achieve knowledge for work in the field of applied learning technology by association with other professionals in conferences sponsored by the Society.
Members of the Society include: · Consultants · Corporate training managers · Distance Learning design professionals · Education/Training facilitators · Educational research professionals · Hardware and Software Systems Manufacturers · Human resource development managers · industrial and Military Trainers · Instructional Designers · Instructional Systems Developers · Management Information Systems Professionals · Management personnel supervising implementation of interactive instruction delivery programs · Military and Homeland Security systems training professionals · Multimedia developers and distributors · Professionals involved in distance learning applications · Publishers and Distributors of Educational Software Consultants · School and university professionals involved in technology-based instruction delivery systems for education · State and Local Education Professionals · Technology-Based Systems Manufacturers and Integrators · Training systems designers and developers · University and Community College Professionals · Users of interactive systems in training and job performance support programs