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Educators from across Canada learn about classroom technologies at ABEL Summer Institute

Posted on 2 September 2011

About 150 educators from across Canada converged on York recently to learn new technology tools and best practices to enhance their teaching. They were attending the 10th annual ABEL (Advanced Broadband Enabled Learning) Summer Institute Aug. 22 to 24. The theme this year was Connected Community Learning: The Next Decade. For two-and-a-half days, they heard speakers […]

YRDSB recognizes ABEL program director Janet Murphy for service to education

Posted on 30 May 2011

Teaching with technology is a good thing, and no one knows it better than Janet Murphy. The York Region District School Board (YRDSB) has awarded Murphy, director of York’s Advanced Broadband Enabled Learning (ABEL) on applied research program in the Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation, an Outstanding Service Award. Under Murphy’s leadership, ABEL’s team […]

ABEL's 10th annual Summer Institute considers the next decade of learning in a wired world

Posted on 13 May 2011

The future of the educational Internet will be the topic as the Advanced Broadband Enabled Learning (ABEL) program hosts its 10th annual ABEL Summer Institute (ASI) this year. Registration is now open for Connected Community Learning: The Next Decade taking place Aug. 22 to 24 on York's Keele campus. Over the past decade the Internet […]

ABEL program seeks eCourse developer for Regional Adaptation Collaboration project (closes May 2)

Posted on 25 April 2011

The Advanced Broadband Enabled Learning program (ABEL), is seeking an eCourse Developer and technical support for the Regional Adaptation Collaboration project. More details, including salary details and how to apply, are available in the Research Jobs section. Please note that only resumes submitted through the described process will be considered. The posting closes May 2, […]

The ABEL Project is hiring a communications and marketing administrator

Posted on 5 January 2011

The ABEL Project invites applications for a communications and marketing administrator. Details about the posting are available in Research Jobs. Applications are due by Thursday, January 13, 2011. Posted by Elizabeth Monier-Williams, research communications officer.

ABEL Summer Institute mobilizes new technology, best practices and partnerships to transform classroom learning

Posted on 3 September 2010

The Advanced Broadband Enabled Learning (ABEL) program has wrapped up another successful ABEL Summer Institute (ASI). The theme of the ninth annual ASI, which took place at York University from Aug. 23 to 25, was Creating the Future Now. The event welcomed some 200 delegates from across Ontario and Canada. The two-and-a-half-day professional learning event included keynote […]

ABEL Summer Institute unites teachers and techonology in August

Posted on 16 August 2010

Interactive technologies have revolutionized how we communicate, collaborate and generate ideas and knowledge. How do these changes affect classrooms? How do teachers stay ahead of the curve, and at the same time prepare students for the future? These questions and more will be explored in the ninth annual Advanced Broadband Enabled Learning (ABEL) 2010 Summer Institute (ASI 2010) […]

Video: Graduate students benefitting from space in York's Research Tower

Posted on 1 June 2010

The 10-storey York Research Tower provides new facilities purposely designed to help graduate students be more effective researchers on floors six, seven and eight. Professor Susan Henders, director of the York Centre for Asian Research, spoke about the new facilities during a recent research celebration. Her remarks are available on the Research Web site's multimedia […]

York Research Tower: Creating a new model for research collaboration

Posted on 20 May 2010

Researchers, faculty, administrators and staff working in the York Research Tower gathered on May 4 to celebrate the new building’s role in fostering social science and humanities research across York University (all speaker videos are available in the Research Multimedia Centre). Above: The York Research Tower, which opened in September 2009, features some 84,000 square feet […]

Teaching and education: How to reach the iPod generation in school

Posted on 14 May 2010

Janet Murphy, project manager for the Advanced Broadband Enabled Learning (ABEL) at York University, participated in a panel at Canada 3.0 this week on learning in a digital society. The Stratford Gazette covered Murphy's remarks at the event in an article published May 12: The younger generations are living their lives with iPods blaring in […]