There is a growing interest in ongoing and just-in-time professional development (PD) opportunities that are delivered online for teachers who are implementing new curricula. We report on our efforts to build a multi-approach ongoing, online PD program that responds to teachers' emergent needs...

Curricular interventions that embed blended learning technologies and pedagogies should support teachers’ everyday practice. However, teachers’ perspectives of what is happening “in the trenches” are often not systematically considered when evaluating curriculum and PD goals. Responsive...

Methods for teaching large numbers of people over the Internet have become a popular topic as new technologies for communication and teaching large audiences have emerged in recent years. Many educational institutions are turning toward MOOCs, or massive open online courses, as a technology for...

Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are a recent approach to education, with much buzz generated around them by technology investors, educators, and the news media alike. However, despite the hype and the subsequent enrollment of millions of learners into MOOCs, the following years experienced a...

This dataset represents a large, nationally representative sample of United States residents (N = 1180) about their technology use behaviors and how they participate in social, civic, and political activities. The survey was conducted in 2012 on the Amazon Mechanical Turk platform. Question...

From online political campaigning to Internet social clubs, the American mass participation environment has become increasingly mediated by digital technologies or tools. From social membership in groups and clubs to political participation to influencing government action, information...

The U.S. poultry industry has spent considerable resources to date preparing for an outbreak of avian influenza in this country. This research quantifies the potential effects of two alternative avian influenza scenarios on the poultry industry. In addition, this research looks at effects on...

This report provides preliminary analysis of impacts of selected Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 (FCEA) provisions.