[Ecoed] FW: Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE)

[Jennifer Riem]

Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE)

http://www.ableweb.org/

The Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE) was founded in
1979 to promote information exchange among university and college
educators actively concerned with teaching biology in a laboratory
setting. The focus of ABLE is to improve the undergraduate biology
laboratory experience by promoting the development and dissemination of
interesting, innovative, and reliable laboratory exercises. 

Each conference brings together a group of selected presenters with
about 140 participants from university and college biology departments
throughout Canada and the U.S. In three very full days, the participants
are actively involved in four 3-hour "hands on" workshops and several
shorter "mini" workshops. The workshop presenters provide all of the
essential information and experiences that the potential user of the
laboratory would require in order to "take it home" and use the exercise
in their own teaching program. The workshops are published in Tested
Studies for Laboratory Teaching, the conference proceedings published by
ABLE. Selected articles are also available online. 

Upcoming conferences: 

2008: University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM), Mississauga, Ontario.
June 2-7, 2008 

2009: University of Delaware, Newark, DE. June 9-13, 2009 



Michael Killian
Lecturer, Dept. of Biological Sciences
Room 400, Jepson Science Center
University of Mary Washington
1301 College Ave.
Fredericksburg, VA 22401

(540) 654-1413 voice mail
(540) 654-1081 fax
e-mail: mkillian at umw.edu

Mailing address:
Jepson Science Center
University of Mary Washington
1301 College Avenue
Fredericksburg, VA 22401-5358