CC&F/EDC integrated distance-learning technologies into a research-based professional development intervention to enhance the program and disseminate it more widely. Using a control group design, CC&F/EDC, with partners from Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at the University of North Carolina and the Center for Applied Linguistics, examined the implications of distance learning on discourse patterns and the design of professional development programs.
Director: Nancy Clark-Chiarelli
Duration: 1999–2002
Website: http://www.literacyvillage.org
Funders: National Science Foundation| U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement| U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development