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Folks-- None of the currently proposed mission statements provide a context
within which "appropriate" and "effective" can be evaluated.  Thus, AECT may
be construed to develop and use technology appropriately and effectively for
the teaching/learning of anything (e.g., the acceleration of entropy,
perpetuation of obsolete ideas, promotion of "group-think", etc.).

I suggest a guiding moral or ethical principle be included.

In addition, a mission statement may be inadvertently exclusionary and, thus,
not provide for long-range flexibility.  Inasmuch as the AECT mission may
frequently benefit from the participation of non-professionals, it may be
advantageous to drop the exclusionary identification of "professionals" from
currently proposed statements.

Finally, the expressed intent of AECT to do it's work in "all cultures" may
be presumptuous.  Is it possible that there are some cultures which are not
interested in AECT activities?

How 'bout something like this?

AECT is a world-wide organization of people working to develop and use
technology in the learning/teaching environment for the betterment of
humankind.

Mark Vogel
<George.M.Vogel@Dartmouth.EDU>