How a Blended Approach for Job-embedded Learning has led Teachers to Recognize and Reflect upon the Unique Intersections of Content, Technology, and Classroom Practice in the Advanced Broadband Enabled Learning (ABEL) Program.

Janet Murphy

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 2233–2237

Since its inception in 2000 the Advanced Broadband Enabled Learning (ABEL) program has developed a blended learning service that enhances teacher and faculty professional practice and improves student achievement. Using award winning methodology...

Lessons Learned from Offering a Technologically Mediated Job-Embedded Professional Learning Program to Teachers

Janet Murphy

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2007 (Oct 15, 2007) pp. 1725–1733

Abstract: Since its creation in 2000 the Advanced Broadband Enabled Learning (ABEL) program has developed a blended learning service that enhances teacher and faculty professional practice and improves student achievement. Using award-winning...

Leveraging New Technologies for Professional Learning in Education: Digital Literacies as Culture Shift in Professional Development

Janet Murphy; Robert Lebans

E-Learning Vol. 6, No. 3 (2009) pp. 275–280

Providing just-in-time job-embedded professional learning using a technologically mediated model achieves professional growth goals and encourages teachers to build digital literacy competencies and incorporate new technologies in instructional...

Personalized Learning: Changing the Culture of Learning in Ontario Schools

Deborah Kitchener; Janet Murphy

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 1899–1903

This paper provides insight as to how a changing culture of learning impacts teachers, schools and school districts in Ontario, Canada. It highlights teacher and student learning impact; leadership attributes, outcomes and system change resulting...

Advanced Broadband Enabled Learning (ABEL)

Karen Andrews; Janet Murphy

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2003 (2003) pp. 2040–2043

Students grow up with technology and don't think about integrating technology into their lives. There is a disconnect between lived reality and school reality for both students and teachers. To address this disconnect, educators need convenient,...

Topics: Networking Technologies, Information Communication Technologies, Students, Educational Technology, Professional Development

Personalized Learning: Changing the Culture of Learning in Ontario Schools

Deborah Kitchener; Janet Murphy; Anita Drossis

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2012 (Mar 05, 2012) pp. 1904–1908

This roundtable discussion will provide insight as to how a changing culture of learning impacts teachers, schools and school districts in Ontario, Canada. It highlights teacher and student learning impact; leadership attributes, outcomes and system ...

Lessons Learned from Using a Blended Approach for Teacher Training: Learning Connections (Phase Four)

Herb Wideman; Tania Sterling; Janet Murphy

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (Mar 02, 2009) pp. 2716–2722

This paper presents background information, recent research findings, and recommended next steps for a government sponsored province-wide blended teacher professional learning project called Learning Connections. Online surveys and in depth...

Developing New Literacies through Blended Learning: Challenges and Lessons Learned in Ontario, Canada

Deborah Kitchener; Janet Murphy; Robert Lebans

International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments Vol. 2, No. 3 (July 2011) pp. 32–49

This article reports on the implementation and impact of two blended models of teacher professional learning that promote innovative classroom practice and improved literacy and numeracy in six school districts in Ontario, Canada. The Advanced...

Interaction in Teleconferencing: The Key to Quality Instruction

Janet J. Kruh; Karen L. Murphy

This paper examines classroom strategies for distance learning. It discusses the importance of participant interaction in all learning, and offers examples of interactive distance-learning situations. Focusing on interaction of learning, the paper...

Blended professional development for literacy and numeracy teachers: An initial evaluation of the Learning Connections project

Herbert Wideman; Ronald Owston; Natalia Sinitskaya; Janet Murphy; Brian McLean

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2007 (Mar 26, 2007) pp. 2143–2147

The paper presents the major findings and recommendations from a formative evaluation of the first phases of a pilot professional development program, Learning Connections, designed to enhance literacy and numeracy teaching in Ontario elementary...

Transforming teacher professional practice through broadband technologies

Ron Owston; Herb Wideman; Mary Leigh Morbey; Janet Murphy

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004 (2004) pp. 1818–1821

The Advanced Broadband Enabled Learning (ABEL) project seeks to transform teacher professional practice through the use of broadband technology in schools in Canada. Underlying the project is a model that provides a multi-modal learning platform, a...

Topics: Teachers

Blended teacher professional development: A synthesis of three program evaluations

Ron Owston; Herb Wideman; Janet Murphy; Denys Lupshenyuk

Internet and Higher Education Vol. 11, No. 3 (2008) pp. 201–210

This study synthesized the findings of three program evaluations of teacher blended professional development programs from the perspective of situated design and implementation, development of community, changes in teacher practice, and impact on...

Language: English