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Partners
and Collaborators
This
study brings together the research expertise at the
Education Development Center's Center for Children and
Technology with the professional development offerings
of TeacherLine NY, which are hosted by Buffalo's public
television station WNED. WGBH's Teachers' Domain and
PBS TeacherLine collaborated with EDC and WNED to provide
additional support for the professional development.
Partners
| EDC
The
Education
Development Center (EDC) is a nonprofit organization
dedicated to enhancing learning, promoting health,
and fostering a deeper understanding about the
world. EDC's Center
for Children and Technology (CCT) investigates
ways that technology can make a difference in
children's classrooms, schools, and communities. |
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Also contributing to this study is EDC's Center
for Science Education (CSE), which aims to
improve PreK-12 science education by supporting
school districts, state agencies, higher education
institutions, science museums, and science centers.
Principal investigators for this study are Lauren
Goldenberg, Senior Research Associate and Shelley
Pasnik, Director of CCT. EDC leads this research
study. |
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WNED
Buffalo/Toronto and PBS TeacherLine NY
WNED
Buffalo/Toronto serves a bi-national region of
3.1 million households across Western New York
and Southern Ontario with high-quality public
television programming and services that enlighten,
inspire, entertain, and educate Buffalo, Toronto,
and surrounding communities. WNED serves as the
statewide regional coordinator for PBS
TeacherLine NY.
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the help of the other eight PBS stations throughout
the state, WNED promotes, markets and manages
the online professional development service in
New York. WNED/PBS TeacherLine NY is responsible
for the implementation of the online courses. |
Collaborators
PBS
TeacherLine
PBS
TeacherLine provides professional development to
teachers through facilitated online courses, a supportive
learning community, and an online suite of tools for
instructional coaches, mentors, and teacher-leaders.
PBS TeacherLine has more than 130 courses that span
the entire curriculum, including a special collection
of science courses produced by WGBH Teachers' Domain
designed to help educators teach life, physical,
earth and space science. Participants in the study take
the courses through PBS TeacherLine.
WGBH's
Teachers' Domain
Featuring
public television content, WGBH's Teachers'
Domain provides multimedia classroom resources and
professional development courses to K-12 educators nationally.
WGBH created the professional development content for
the study.
Project
Team
Research
Team, EDC
Lauren
Goldenberg, Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Center for Children
and Technology (Principal Investigator)
Shelley
Pasnik, Director, Center for Children and Technology
(Co-Principal Investigator)
Alice
Anderson, Research Assistant, Center for Children and
Technology
Peggy
Clements, Ph.D., Researcher, Center for Children and
Technology
Camille
Ferguson, Research Assistant, Center for Children and
Technology
Marian
Pasquale, Senior Research Scientist, Center for Science
Education
Scott
Strother, Researcher, Center for Children and Technology
Course
Implementation Team, WNED
Pam
Johnson, Ph.D., Vice President of Education and Outreach
John
Craig, Ph.D., Director of Education and Outreach
Alan
Nowicki, Manager of Learning and Technology
Charles
DeVoe, Statewide Business Development and Marketing
Coordinator
Advisory
Board
The
study's advisory board meets annually to review research
findings, assessments and procedures. Each advisor brings
with them valuable knowledge about professional development
applications, science education, and research methodology.
Robert
S. Guiffreda
District
Superintendent
Erie
2-Chattaqua-Cattaragus Board of Cooperative Educational
Services
Richard
T. Hezel, Ph.D.
President
and Chief Executive Officer
Hezel
Associates, LLC
Okhee
Lee-Salwen, Ph.D.
Professor
of Science Education
University
of Miami School of Education
Jacqueline
S. Miller, Ph.D.
Senior
Research Scientist
Center
for Science Education, Education Development Center
Michael
Russell, Ph.D.
Director,
Technology and Assessment Study Collaborative
Boston
College
Anne
Schiano
Assistant
Director, Office of Curriculum, Instruction, and Instructional
Technology
New
York State Education Department
Joe
Sciulli, Ed.D.
Program
Director, Building a Presence for Science
National
Science Teachers Association
Stan
Silverman, Ph.D.
Professor
and Director, Technology-based Learning Systems Department
New
York Institute of Technology
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