Employment profiles and compensation

Labels DO Matter! A Critique of AECT’s Redefinition of the Field

“…For instance, regarding overall numbers, in 1998, there were 5,280 individual members in AECT (Pershing & Lee, 1999); but in 2006, it had only 2,200 individual members (Pershing, Ryan, Harlin, & Hammond, 2006, p. 11). Further, in terms of a shift in population, in the late 1980s and 1990s, the percentage of members working in K12 started to decrease (Pershing et al, 2006).…”

2006 AECT Membership Salary Survey

“…A primary interest in conducting this research into employment trends is determining how these changes in the economy and labor markets have affected AECT's members since the last salary and employment survey was conducted (Pershing & Lee, 1998). In this report we use member-provided salary and employment data to analyze such factors of employment as job tenure, benefits and hours worked per week, and also to look at the range in salaries for a number of educational technology positions across geographic regions.…”

“…As background for our study, we reviewed the previous employment profile and compensation research con-ducted for AECT (Hutchinson & Rankin, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1993Pershing & Lee, 1998). Our goal in conducting this research is to help AECT's members gain a clearer picture of the compensation packages and work conditions that are standard in educational technology fields.…”

“…In the prior employment trends study (Pershing & Lee, 1998), 72.5% of the respondents indicated that they had been in their current position for 10 years or less. For the 2006 survey, 83.0% of the respondents indicated that they have been in their present position 10 years or less.…”

Graduate Students’ Perceptions and Expectations of Instructional Design and Technology

“…Some closed-ended item response categories were adapted from a previous survey of AECT members (Pershing & Lee, 1999). This survey included a demographic section, program status questions and questions regarding students' experiences in and expectations of the IDT field.…”