Dr. Hagit Meishar-Tal

Updated: August 2007

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Personal

Telephone Tel: 972-9-778-1574
Fax Fax: 972-9-778-0626
Email E-mail: Hagitta@openu.ac.il

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Education

1990 B.A. (cum laude), Philosophy and International Relations, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
2003 M.A. (cum laude), History and Philosophy of Science, Research Center, Tel-Aviv University. Thesis: The Spatial Dimension of the Information Revolution; Advisor: Prof. Moshe Zuckerman
2005 Summer Doctoral Program (Oxford Internet Institute)
2006 Ph.D., Department of Geography, Haifa University. Dissertation: The Internet and Social Space Dynamics: Globalization, Networking and Virtualization; Advisor: Prof. Aharon Kellerman

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Professional Experience - Teaching

1996-1997 Computer Skills, Etz-Hadaat Hasharon Ltd.
1996-2000 Computer Use and the Pedagogy of using Computers in Education, EduSystems Ltd.
1998-2000 Computer Skills, The Continuing Education and Extension Studies Unit, The Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
2001 Digital Culture: History of Technology, and Sociology of the Net, Camera Obscura School of Art, Tel-Aviv
2001-2005 Computers in Education, Oranim College. Developed learning material and web-based courses: The School Site as a Learning Environment; The Didactics of Web-Based Teaching; Culture and Education in the Information Age; Online Learning Communities.
Since 2003, taught the Virtual Learning Communities course in the M.Ed. program
2003 Computers in Education; developed learning materials and a web-based course The Digital Divide, Gordon College
2004 - present Coordinator:Technology and Learning, in the MA Program in
Education - Learning Technologies
2006 Pedagogicic Advisor, Shoham - Center for Distance Learning Technologies, The Open University of Israel

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Professional Experience - Administration

1990-1992 Collection Coordinator, Beeper Communication (Motorola Group)
1992-1994 Sales Manager of media equipment to educational and academic institutions, Katimura Ltd.
1994 Telemarketing Department Manager, Zilumatic Ltd.
1995 Telemarketing Department Manager, Internet Gold Ltd.

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Scholarships and Awards

2004 - 2006 Doctoral scholarship, Advanced Studies Authority, Haifa University
2005 Travel grant, Chais Research Center for the Integration of Technology in Education
2006 Travel grant, Chais Research Center for the Integration of Technology in Education
2007 Travel grant, Chais Research Center for the Integration of Technology in Education
2007 Outstanding Research Proposal award, MEITAL - The Inter-University Center for e-Learning (with Edna Tal-Elhasid)
2007 International fellowship, The Open University, UK
2007 Research grant, The Research Authority, The Open University of Israel

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List of Publications

1. Meishar-Tal, H. and Tal, E. (2006). “Wiki-tutor assignment: A collaborative assignment in a Wiki environment,” in Y. Eshet, A. Caspi, and Y. Yair (eds.), The working individual in the technological age: Papers presented at the Chais Conference on Learning Technologies, March 2006, 43-51 (Hebrew).
2. Tal, E. and Meishar-Tal, H. (2006). “Wiki as an online collaborative learning environment at the Open University,” Mashabei Enosh [Human Resources], 6-225, 48-53 (Hebrew).
3. Tal-Elhasid, E. and Meishar-Tal, H. (2007). Models for activities, collaboration and assessment in Wiki in academic courses. Electronic Proceedings of the Eden 2007 Annual Conference, 13-16 June 2007, Naples.

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Conference Presentations

2006 Chais Conference for Research in Technology Learning, The Open University of Israel, Raanana
  WikiSym 2006: The 2006 Annual Symposium on Wikis, panel-member - Wikis in Education, 21-23 August, Odense, Denmark
2007 Chais Conference for Research in Technology Learning, The Open University of Israel, Raanana
  EDEN 2007 Annual Conference, New Learning 2.0? Emerging Digital Territories - Developing Continuities: New Divides, 13-16 June 2007, Naples

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