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Professor Guri-Rosenblit is the Vice President of Academic Affairs at the Open University. She previously served as Head of the Department of Education and Psychology and Dean of Development and Learning Technologies. Her areas of expertise over the past twenty years are: Comparative Research of Higher Education Systems, Digital Technologies, Distance Learning, Curriculum Planning and Learning Systems. She has published books and dozens of publications in her field of expertise. She has also developed many courses in education at the Open University, including the course “Curriculum Planning, Teaching and Assessment”. In recent decades, she has been a member of many international entities: the Scientific Committee of Europe and North America at the UNESCO Forum for Higher Education, Research and Knowledge; Fulbright’s flagship program – New Century Scholars; Evaluation committees of the European Science Foundation (ESF), the Rockefeller Foundation and the Fulbright Foundation for Postdoctoral Grants and more. She has also been invited to give dozens of keynote lectures in her areas of expertise at international conferences around the world, as well as international conferences in Israel. Details of her publications and lectures can be found at: http://www.openu.ac.il/Personal_sites/sara-guri-rosenblit.html

Head of Digital Pedagogy at Kibbutzim College of Education. The pedagogical founder of the “Et Hadaat” digital learning environment. An expert in digital pedagogy and innovation in teaching and learning. He researches the field of digital books and advanced teaching and learning management systems. He has more than 20 years of experience in developing integrated computer learning and training environments. He graduated from the 11th cycle of the Mandel School for Educational Leadership. Selected by Haaretz newspaper as one of the 50 people influencing education in Israel in 2010 and was awarded the commendation in the Prime Minister’s Entrepreneurship and Innovation Competition (2012) for his pioneering work in educational technology.

Yoram Eshet is a professor in the Department of Education and Psychology at the Open University, as well as the head of the program for a master’s degree in learning technologies and systems. He holds a PhD in geology from New York University and was a senior scholar at the Geological Survey of Israel for many years. For a decade he held the position of a scientist in a computer company concerned with the development of technology-rich learning environment, and headed the track for learning design at Tel-Hai College. Yoram is the founder and head of Chais Research Center for the Integration of Technology in Education and the Center for the Study of Innovation in Learning Technologies at the Open University. His studies center around a wide variety of aspects related to learning in technology-rich environments: digital reading, digital literacy, digital games, digital friendship, man-machine interactions, and the implementation of technologies in education systems.

Dr. Michal Levi-Keren is the Head of the Master’s Program in Education Evaluation at Kibbutzim College of Education. She holds a Master’s degree (with honors) in the Research, Measurement and Evaluation Methods program at Tel Aviv University, and a Ph.D. in Educational Measurement at Tel Aviv University. Researcher and lecturer since 1991 in the field of research methodology at the Tel Aviv University School of Education and in the master’s programs at the kibbutz seminar. She received teaching diplomas of excellence from the Head of the School of Education at Tel Aviv University (2006) and from the Rector of the University (2007, 2012). For many years, her work at the University has focused on research assessing educational projects and curricula, and assessing the academic achievement of immigrant students. She also served as a district instructor in the field of measurement and evaluation in the Ministry of Education from 2013-2010. In 2016, she was the head of a steering committee for the development of a diploma program for training evaluators of programs and projects of the Center for Professional Development and Training at the Kibbutzim College of Education.

Dean of the Faculty of Education at Kibbutzim College. Before her appointment to this position, she served as head of the Research Authority at the college. Her main areas of interest are evaluation in education, including the evaluation of study programs, teaching staff, students and more. Her most prominent studies center around the image of the worthy teacher, his or her training and the methods to evaluate his or her work. Her other studies center around the evaluation of study programs and educational projects.