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The Trends in Instructional Design and Technology Database, an open-access educational resource, reports on the various trends influencing the field. Our team only curates the content within this database. The respective copyrights are held by the identified organization through citation and attribution within the database. The included materials are used under the following methods:
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- The complaint will then be reviewed by the team
- If the grounds of the complaint are considered plausible, the material will be withdrawn from the Trends in Instructional Design and Technology Database and the contact for complaint will be notified. Once a work has been deposited and subsequently removed, metadata to the deposited content will always remain to avoid loss of historical record together with a note explaining the reasons for withdrawal