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Design and Development
Creating programs, materials, and interventions that help people build better lives
EDC’s collaborative process brings together scientists, researchers, educators, creative artists, media and technology specialists, and intended users—from young children to the elderly—to design, test, refine, and disseminate high-quality curricula, trainings, interventions, and other resources.
We create professional development and continuing education programs for busy practitioners, open-source online courses that reach hundreds of thousands of budding entrepreneurs around the world, and digital tools and applications that promote basic literacy and health.
Our work demonstrates that the best learning integrates knowledge and experience to empower individuals with critical skills and to achieve sustainable improvements in services and systems.
Learn about EDC’s work to strengthen early childhood interventions with Continuous Quality Improvement.
Resources
Here are a few of our resources on design and development. To see more, visit our Resources section.
Reports
This fact sheet describes the importance of equity in STEM education.
Toolkits
Math for All is a multi-media mathematics professional development resource for general and special education teachers.
Reports
This is the executive summary for the report that describes the results of a randomized controlled study of the Akazi Kanoze 2 workforce development program.
Reports
This brief draws on research and development supported by the National Science Foundation to highlight important considerations about STEM educational experiences for young children and professional learning for educators who provide those experiences.
Curricula
These teachers’ guides supplement the Living: Skills for Life, Botswana’s Window of Hope curricula.
Toolkits
The award-winning Success at the Core professional development toolkit helps to develop effective school leadership and teaching that prepares all students for success.
Curricula
Transition to Algebra is a full-year curriculum designed by EDC to run concurrently with first-year algebra to raise the competence and confidence of students who may benefit from supports
Reports
The proliferation of new technologies is changing the way we live, learn, and work. This white paper examines the complex and interconnected challenges related to workforce development, economics, education, equity, and ethics that our society must address to ensure our workforce is future-ready.
Toolkits
This guide supports educators in creating, planning, and implementing innovative media projects with young people as part of the Adobe Youth Voices program.
Resource libraries
This resource library is a collection of readings, tools, videos, and webinars to help users understand and implement the Zero Suicide Initiative.