A review on the book " Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology " based on university textbook standards

The purpose of the current research is to review the book "Design and Educational Technology, trends and Issues" as one of the academic books in the specialized field of educational technology. The research method is a critical analysis based on the evaluation criteria of university textbooks by Mansourian (2013). The book, 's special feature focusied on AECT definition of educational technology, and based on that, the sections and chapters of the book have been formed to explain its key terms. Another feature is the authors' emphasis on educational design and performance improvement along with educational technology and calling the field "educational design and technology". Based on the findings, among the strengths and points of the criticized work are the competence and record of the authors, coherence. integrity of content and structure, consistency with learning theories, citation ability and interdisciplinary nature, specialization and thematic purposefulness, and ability Theory and practical implications. Some of the examined weaknesses are the lack of modernity and use of old standards and little attention to the new concepts of thoughtful educational technology. Also, in the standard of writing and literary cleanliness of the Persian translated version, the existence of translation, writing and typing problems has reduced the accuracy of the content. Despite the significant points of the criticized work in the findings of the present research, it seems that by solving the mentioned problems, this work, along with the current resources of the field, can improve the knowledge of students in the field of educational technology.