Services Motivating Instructional Designers in Higher Education to Engage in Professional Associations

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Abstract

The purpose of this research was to identify the professional association services relevant to instructional design professionals working in institutions of higher education. A conceptual framework connecting professional association services to the existing research on the leadership, career development, and networking of instructional designers is provided. Using this framework, we provide a survey to measure professional association services relevant to instructional designers in higher education; and the preliminary validity and reliability evidence of this survey on an administration with N = 217 instructional designers working in higher education. The cross-sectional data were analyzed using exploratory factor analysis, descriptive statistics, internal consistency reliability, and correlation analyses. These findings are discussed in detail, and recommendations for future research and practice are provided.

Authors

• Albert Dieter Ritzhaupt, University of Florida

• Jill Stefaniak, Old Dominion University

• Sheri L Conklin, University of North Carolina Wilmington

• Kiran Budhrani, University of North Carolina - Charlotte