EDUCATION
1975-1978 BA, Tel-Aviv University, Department of Statistics (Magna Cum Laude)
1979-1981 MA, Tel-Aviv University, Department of Statistics
1981-1986 Ph.D., Tel-Aviv University, School of Education
1985-1987 Postdoctoral Studies, University of California, Berkeley, Graduate School of Education, Division of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology
1994-1995 Teaching Certificate in Mathematics, Tel-Aviv University, School of Education
Research Interests
- Web-Mining of on-line learning
- Internet and Higher Education
- Personal Information Management (PIM) and Education
- Web-Based Learning and Instruction
- ICT in Science Education
- ICT implementation in Education
- Science Education in elementary schools
Current Academic Responsibilities
- Full Professor of Science Education in the School of Education in Tel Aviv University.
- UNESCO Chair for Technology, Internationalization and Education at Tel Aviv University (since 2016).
- Head of the School of Education, Tel Aviv University (2010-2014).
- Head of the Virtual TAU Web-Based academic Instruction at TAU (since 2000).
- Head of the Science and Technology Education Center (SATEC), Tel Aviv University (since 2000).
- Head of the Science Education program, School of Education, Tel-Aviv University.
- National research coordinator of the IEAs' International Technology in Education Study.
- National research coordinator of the IEA's TIMSS Study.
Academic Courses
- Internet and Higher Education
- Research Seminar on Web-Based Learning
- ICT-Based Teaching Environments
Principal Investigator of major R&D Projects (in the last 10 years)
2004-2007 National Research Coordinator (NRC) of the Second International Study of Information Technologies in Education (SITES2006), conducted by the IEA. Funded by the Ministry of Education and RAMA - the Israeli Authority for Evaluation of Educational Achievements (with Prof. D. Mioduser) Budget of 800,000 NIS for three years.
2005-2007 Second Phase of Advancing Academic Web-Based Instruction in Tel-Aviv University. Project Funded by VATAT (The Israeli Council for Higher Education). Budget of 2,000,000 NIS for two years.
2005-2008 National Research Coordinator (NRC) of the TIMSS 2007, conducted by the IEA. Funded by the Ministry of Education and RAMA - the Israeli Authority for Evaluation of Educational Achievements (with Prof. R. Zuzovsky). Budget of 1,100,000 NIS for three years.
2006-2009 Development of Science and Technology Elementary School textbook series in Hebrew and Arabic. Funded by The Ministry of Education and TAU internal funds. Budget of 5,000,000 NIS for four years.
2006-2008 EVNU – The European Virtual Nano2Life University an educational project of Nano2Life Network of Excellence. Funded by The European Union – FP6. Research grant of €120,000 for about three years.
2000-2018 LAMDA - Enrichment of Science and Technology Elementary School teachers (with Prof. D. Mioduser). Funded by The Ministry of Education and Culture. Budget of about 1,500,000 NIS annually.
2009-2011 Development of Students' Awareness to Energy Effectiveness. Funded by the Ministry of National Infrastructures. Budget of 750,000 NIS for two years.
2009-2012 Dynalearn - Engaging and informed tools for learning conceptual system knowledge. Funded by The European Union – FP7. Research grant (with Prof. D. Mioduser and Prof. E. Benyahu) of about €250,000 (from a total of € 2,500,000 with all European associates) for three years.
2014-2018 Development of Science and Technology Elementary School textbook series in Hebrew and Arabic. Funded by Ramot TAU. Budget of 2,000,000 NIS.