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AcknowledgmentsThe research for and writing of this book was a collective effort thatinvolved a wide network of individuals and institutions beyond thosenamed as authors and contributors. The late Peter Lyman was a principalinvestigator on the project on which this book reports, and he defined thevision and direction for this project as well as forming the team that startedit off. Michael Carter provided leadership as a principal investigator andas the heart and soul of the project, and he held the team together throughmany challenges. We are also grateful to Barrie Thorne, who stepped in asprincipal investigator, offering guidance and support including crucialinput on our writing and analysis.The project was funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthurFoundation as part of the digital media and learning initiative. We wouldparticularly like to thank our program officer and director of education atthe foundation, Constance M. Yowell, and vice president of human andcommunity development, Julia M. Stasch.This was a multi-institutional project that was guided by the administrativeand research staff at multiple research centers. At the Universityof California, Berkeley, the project was housed at the Institute for theStudy of Social Change and benefited from the technical support of UCBerkeley’s School of Information. At Berkeley, we would like to thankShalia McDonald, Janice Tanigawa, Diane Harley, Kathleen Kuhlmann, andEvelyn Wong for their help in administering and managing the project. Atthe University of Southern California, the project was housed at theAnnenberg Center for Communication and the Institute for MultimediaLiteracy at the School of Cinematic Arts. We are grateful to MarikoOda, Josie Acosta, Steve Adcook, Chris Badua, Willy Paredes, and ChrisWittenberg for guidance with and support for the project at USC.