The Center for Technology in Distance Education

Edna Tal Elhasid is the Head of "SHOHAM":  The Center for integrating technology in Distance Education at the Open University of Israel. She is also a member of Chais Research Center for Integration of Technology in Education at the Open University of Israel.

Areas of Interest

• Open Educational Resources (OER)
• Wikis in Higher Education
• Online Collaborative Learning
• Web 2.0 for Higher Education
• Social Networks
• On-line Teaching & Learning

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Special Projects

• Project Manager of PE'ER - Opening the Treasures of the Mind (which is the OCW project at the Open University of Israel)
• Initiator of "outstanding on-line instructor competition" at the Open University, judgment committee's chairman Chairperson of the judging committee
• Initiator and promoter of Wiki project at the Open University

Education

Edna received her Bachelor's degree in Mathematics and Computer Science at Haifa University Israel (1986), and a Master's degree in Information and Communication Technologies in Education at Tel Aviv University Israel (2000). Her Thesis (in hebrew) was: "Visible and Invisible Presence in Online Discussion Groups of Academic Courses". The study was conducted under the guidance of Prof' Rafi Nachmias.

Contact

Email: ednata@openu.ac.il
Home:972-525506721
Office: 972-97781320
Fax: 972-97780626

The Open University of Israel
1 University Road, Ra'anana 43107, Israel