ABEL’s Professional Learning Program includes training sessions; job-embedded learning; online and face-to-face consultation; webcasts, speakers series; a member’s discount for the ABEL Summer Institute, and more.
The ABEL Program provides its members with access to a wide variety of technology tools and services. These are continuously updated to reflect the latest research and development, and include wikis, blogs, podcasting, SmartBoards, Second Life, ePortfolios, digital storytelling, videoconferencing and streamed videos
The ABEL program values its public and private sector partnerships. ABEL engages in beneficial collaborations that allow its business, government and non-profit partners to improve results and transform practice.
ABEL offers access to learning resources and content. As part of these services, the ABEL program supports an extensive foundation to enable online communication among educators and other professionals to improve their practice.
The ABEL program regularly conducts research and evaluation focused on technology enhanced learning, collaboration and effective implementation strategies.

Services

ABEL connects researchers, educators, public and private sector organizations and other affiliated partners through the program’s services:

Delivering professional learning

Providing access to technological tools and support

Delivering and providing learning resources

Building effective partnerships

Driving innovation and mobilization through research

Offering technical and pedagogical consulting services

Professional Learning

Available to LC members as well, ABEL’s Professional Learning Program (PLP) is job-embedded, timely and participant-driven. A wide array of professional learning offerings are available to participants providing support for, and expertise in, a variety of tools and approaches to the effective use of technology for teaching and learning.

Tools & Support

The ABEL and LC Programs provide members with access to a wide variety of technology tools and services. These are continuously updated to reflect the latest research and development, and include wikis, blogs, podcasting, SmartBoards, Second Life, ePortfolios, digital storytelling, videoconferencing and streamed videos. Members can browse through the Tools catalogue to learn about and access ABEL tools that will enrich the learning experience.

Resources

ABEL and LC offer access to a wide variety of learning resources and content, including multimedia content, curricular and training resources, training modules and courses, an online community, member-generated content, and a wide variety of content and services provided by our partners.

Partnerships

The Learning Connections program is made possible by a grant from the Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat (LNS), Ontario Ministry of Education.Beginning in 2005, the LNS provided funding to create the Learning Connections program building upon the research and learning acquired from the Advanced Broadband Enabled Learning (ABEL) program.

Research

The ABEL program regularly conducts research and evaluation focused on technology-enhanced learning, collaboration and effective implementation strategies. As well, it participates as a partner in research projects with other agencies and institutions or private sector partners. This research informs the program's evaluation of current and leading-edge technological developments for learning. The ABEL program disseminates all evaluation findings and research to impact system change and to sustain innovation.

Consulting Services

ABEL Consulting Services help members build capacity for technology-enhanced learning, collaboration, knowledge sharing and mobilization. Our expertise ensures quality support that leverages technologies and connects people regardless of geographical distance. These services and costs may be modified based on client or partner requirements. ABEL will meet the needs of their partners and collaborators by customizing service to meet specific goals of program delivery and access