Online Communities

The Internet provides a powerful tool for building professional communities that are able to transcend the obstacles of time and distance. EDC has spent more than a decade researching and creating different approaches to online community building, including global forums, online professional journals, and tightly organized seminars.

With a Little Help from Our Friends

EDC is using social media tools such as Twitter and Facebook to share information about health promotion and disease prevention.

Digital Learning Sparks Connections

On Digital Learning Day, events showcasing innovative and promising uses of digital learning will be occurring in classrooms and on computer screens across the country.

EDC Researches Impact of Online Algebra Course

The Inside School Research blog features Peggy Clements of the Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast and Islands at EDC discussing a new study about the impact of an online algebra course.

National Girls Collaborative Project

EDC works with The National Girls Collaborative Project to: (1) maximize access to shared resources across projects and with public and private sector organizations and institutions interested in expanding girls’ participation in STEM; (2) strengthen capacity of existing and evolving projects by sharing promising practices, research and program models, outcomes, and products; and (3) use the leverage of networks andr collaborations of individual girl-serving STEM programs to create the tipping point for gender equity in STEM.

Hewlett-Packard Center of Excellence in Asia-Pacific and North America

EDC’s Health and Human Development Division in Asia was selected by Hewlett-Packard as a Center of Excellence in Asia-Pacific and North America for the HP Learning Initiative for Entrepreneurs (HP LIFE). HP LIFE is a global program that trains students, aspiring entrepreneurs, and small business owners to harness the power of IT to establish and grow their businesses. As a Center of Excellence, EDC manages and supports a network of more than 100 Training Centers in countries such as the U.S., China, India, New Zealand, Cambodia, Indonesia and Vietnam, amongst many others.

Coaches Build Better Teaching Teams

Experienced mathematics teachers are trained to provide onsite expertise and help other teachers build their skills and improve their teaching techniques.

EdTech Leaders Online Program (ETLO)

EdTech Leaders® Online enables state departments of education, school districts, regional educational service centers, colleges and universities, and other educational organizations to develop local capacity to provide online professional development for teachers and administrators and online courses for students.

National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention

The National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention (National Center) provides technical assistance (TA) and training to 106 federally-funded Safe Schools/Healthy Students (SS/HS) grantees and to six Project LAUNCH (Linking Actions for Unmet Needs in Children’s Health) (PL) grantees.

E-Learning for Educators (Ready to Teach)

E-Learning for Educators, funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Ready to Teach program, seeks to establish successful, sustainable, statewide online professional development programs that address teacher quality and student achievement goals. Through its EdTech Leaders® Online program, EDC supports this initiative by establishing a cadre of online professional development instructors and course developers within each state.

National Suicide Prevention Resource Center

The Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) enhances the nation’s mental health infrastructure by providing states, government agencies, private organizations, colleges and universities, and suicide survivor and mental health consumer groups with access to the science and experience that can support their efforts to develop programs, implement interventions, and promote policies to prevent suicide.