About Learning Connections

Learning Connections (LC) is an online professional learning community available to educators in publicly funded K – 8 schools across Ontario. LC is funded by a grant from the Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat (LNS), Ministry of Education in Ontario. LC is in Phase 7 of funding from the LNS building upon the exemplary practice of its sister program Advanced Broadband Enabled Learning (ABEL).

LC strives to support educators to embed the use of information technology tools into their professional learning and classroom practice through face-to-face learning opportunities, participation in online community discussions, video conferencing opportunities, webcasts and monthly virtual planning meetings. LC evaluates the work of the program in partnership with the Institute for Research in Learning Technologies, York University.
 

Learning Connections Staff

Deb Kitchener, LC Program Manager

Deb is a former Curriculum Consultant from the York Region District School Board with expertise in online professional learning communities, information technology tools and learning and eLearning course development. She is an experienced online course moderator and holds a graduate degree in educational technology.
deb.kitchener@yrdsb.edu.on.ca

 

Obadiah George, Technical Manager, Innovations

Obadiah manages all technical aspects of the program along with providing leadership in all projects related to advancing the program.
obadiah@yorku.ca
 

Janet Murphy, ABEL Program Director

Janet founded ABEL in 2002. Since then she has been providing leadership in the implementation of new models of teaching and learning that leverage information communications technology.
janet.murphy@yrdsb.edu.on.ca.