The AECT Legends and Legacies Project

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The AECT Legends and Legacies Project is an ongoing initiative to capture the stories of those individuals who have contributed to the advancement of the field of instructional design and technology. The initiative began over 10 years ago as a grassroots effort among AECT members to capture the personal histories of our leaders through video interviews, largely recorded at our national convention. About 5 years ago, the authors took on the next phase of the project, an effort to create an online archive in which to store these videos and make them publicly accessible. Additionally, the process of conducting interviews has continued at our conferences, as well as at the homes and offices of leaders who may no longer be traveling to attend the convention. The AECT Board of Directors has provided seed funding for the support of this project, while the authors, through resources from Virginia Tech, have managed the oversight of this effort and provided funds to support interview travel and archive development and maintenance. …