The American Educational Research Association announces the AERA Virtual Research Learning Center (VRLC) live webcasts of Professional Development and Training Courses offered during the 2013 Annual Meeting. We are seeking your assistance in sharing this information with colleagues and potential participants. Thank you for your assistance. See the announcement below for further details:

Live Webcasts of Professional Development and Training Courses offered through the

AERA Virtual Research Learning Center

AERA is offering live webcasts of select professional development and training courses as well as in the traditional face-to-face format. Course participants from anywhere in the world with an internet connection can have full access to these select professional development and training courses. Within the virtual environment course participants will see the course live, participate in course discussions, and interact with the instructors and other participants. The courses that will be real-time streamed at the 2013 AERA Annual Meeting include:

PDC13: Introduction to the Measures of Effective Teaching Longitudinal Database
Sunday, April 28^th; 8:00 am – 12:00 pm (Pacific Standard Time)

PDC20: International Education Research Made Easier: How to Use Several Free Online Data Tools
Monday, April 29^th; 8:00 am – 12:00 pm (Pacific Standard Time)

PDC22: How to Get Published: Guidance from Emerging and Senior Scholars
Monday, April 29^th; 8:00 am – 12:00 pm (Pacific Standard Time)

PDC24: Using the National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth for Education Research
Tuesday, April 30^th; 8:00 am – 12:00 pm (Pacific Standard Time)

PDC27: How to Analyze Large-Scale Assessments Data from Matrix Booklet Sampling Design: Focus on Psychometrics behind and Hands-on Analysis Using Actual Sample Data
Tuesday, April 30^th; 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm (Pacific Standard Time)

For complete course descriptions, courses fees, and registration information visit www.aera.net. The recorded webcasts of these courses will be available on-demand through the Virtual Research Learning Center online library following the Annual Meeting.