1. Professional Engagement Assignment
IT 6750: Current Trends and Issues in IT
By: Mae Guerra
As part of my professional engagement assignment I subscribed to a professional
organization called the Denver Metro E-learning Developers group. This group uses e-
mail to share meeting and industry announcements, job leads, plus tips and techniques
within the scope of instructional technology. This is the seventh year it has been in
existence and it is growing every day! The group grew from the Denver Metro
Authorware Users Group (DMAUG). Group members develop e-learning and
multimedia using a wide variety of tools. Featured tools include Authorware, Captivate,
Director, Dreamweaver, and Flash, along with other Adobe/Macromedia applications and
various development environments. This group provides opportunity for exchange,
interaction and conversation that are vital for improving skills within the IT field. The
group collaborates to write, code, and produce cross-platform programs deployed on CD-
ROM and DVD, as well as on intranets and the Internet. Questions and activities are
brought to during the informal yet educational meetings. Meetings are free and open to
the public. I enjoy this group because it provides learning activities within the meetings
and allows me to participate in conversations with other professionals within the field.
All activities are directly connected to learning more about the IT field and advanced
made within education.
The second organization I joined is called the American Society for Training and
Development - Rocky Mountain Chapter. On the website for the American Society of
Training and Development it states the purpose of ASTD-RMC is to support the goals of

2. the national society in linking people, learning and performance. The website also states
that the mission of ASTD-RMC, is to be a leader in the profession of human learning and
performance, to provide services, products, and resources for its membership and to
achieve professional competence and fulfillment. The American society of for Training
and Development has established the following goals on their website:
• Ensure provision of quality resources, educational programs and member services
for professional development of its membership.
• Inform and educate practitioners of human learning and performance, both within
its membership and within the workplace, about human learning and performance
issues, trends and the role of ASTD-RMC.
• Continually assess and anticipate needs within the field of human learning and
performance and build programs and services to meet the needs of the Chapter's
membership.
• Encourage the participation and affiliation of its members through Chapter
activities, special interest groups, Chapter publications, Web site, and other means
that build a forum through which members can exchange ideas, resources and
current trends with other members.
• Create opportunities for partnerships and alliances with other ASTD chapters,
other professional societies, educational institutions, the workplace and the
community-at-large.
Self-graded Assignment: I give myself the total 10 points because I fulfilled all
objectives in the rubric and have joined two organizations that help me build a better
foundation in the understanding of the field.