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AECT Standard 3 - Learning Environments

Candidates facilitate learning by creating, using, evaluating, and managing effective learning environments (AECT, 2012)

3.1 Creating 

Candidates create instructional design products based on learning principles and research-based best practices.

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3.2 Using 

Candidates make professionally sound decisions in selecting appropriate processes and resources to provide optimal conditions for learning based on principles, theories, and effective practices.

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3.3 Assessing/Evaluating

Candidates use multiple assessment strategies to collect data for informing decisions to improve instructional practice, learner outcomes, and the learning environment. 

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3.4 Managing 

Candidates establish mechanisms for maintaining the technology infrastructure to improve learning and performance.

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3.5 Ethics 

Candidates foster a learning environment in which ethics guide practice that promotes health, safety, best practice, and respect for copyright, Fair Use, and appropriate open access to resources.

3.6 Diversity of Learners 

Candidates foster a learning community that empowers learners with diverse backgrounds, characteristics, and abilities.

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