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Call for research collaboration

The Chais Research Center for the Integration of Technology in education (The Open University of Israel) will hold its 3rd annual research conference on February, 6th. 2008. This is the biggest research conference of educational technologies held in Israel, with 500 researchers, lecture and poster sessions, symposia, workshops and keynote lectures.

Selected researchers, whose studies will be presented in the conference, seek for initiating research collaboration ventures with EDEN's members.

Below are listed the research projects for which collaboration is offered. If you are interested in any of these topics, you are invited to join the Chais-EDEN collaboration venture from this page.


Research topics proposed for collaboration:

Hama Abu-Kishk, David Mioduser, Avigail Oren
  Integrating Handheld Computer in Education
   
Rakefet Ackerman, Morris Goldsmith
  Learning Directly From Screen? Oh-No, I Must Print It! Metacognitive Analysis of Digitally Presented Text Learning
   
Michal Aharon, Eran Chajut, Yoram Eshet-Alkalai
  Friendship in Cyberspace:  A New Form of Interpersonal Communication?
   
Noa Aharony
  The Use of Wiki in a Knowledge Management Academic Course: A Qualitative Investigation  
   
Naomi Apel, Einat Gil, Dani Ben-Zvi 
  Using TinkerPlots to Develop Primary School Students’ Reasoning about Informal Statistical Inference
   
Christa S. C. Asterhan
  Direct Tutor Moderation of Synchronous Discussions: The Importance of Involvement and Personalization
   
Christa S. C. Asterhan, Julia Gil, Baruch B. Schwarz 
  Students' Perspectives on e-Moderation of Synchronous e-Argumentation
   
Miri Barak, Arthur Kogan
  Students' Dichotomic Perceptions of the Use of ICT in Teaching and Learning  
   
Orit Berger, Paul Gorsky , Hagit Meishar-Tal  
  Categorizing and Investigating Wiki Editing Activities  
 
Ofer Bergman, Ruth Beyth-Marom, Rafi Nachmias, Noa Gradovitch, Steve Whittaker
  Type of Search Engine and Personal Information Retrieval: "Windows" versus Linux
   
Ina Blau, Avner Caspi
  Do Media Richness and Visual Anonymity Influence Learning? A Comparative Study Using Skype™
   
Victor H. Bouganim
  Legal Aspects of Technology Application in Education
   
Golan Carmi, Dan Bouhnik
  Thinking Styles in a Virtual Learning Course
   
Avner Caspi, Tamar Levin
  Students' Media Choice: Media Richness, Social Influence, or Experience?
   
Miri Cohen-Dror, Yigal Rosen
  Flow in Technology-Enriched Mathematics Learning Environments
   
Sigal Dalal, Paul Gorsky
  The use of websites in Israeli elementary schools
   
Nitza Davidovitch, Alexander Domoshnitsky, Roman Yavich 
  The Test of Technology: An Empirical Study of Online Courses
   
Rafi Davidson, Yael Goshen, Tirza Levin
  Socio-Cultural Factors Associated with Attitudes towards Technology of Elementary School Teachers in the Bedouin Sector in the Negev
   
Reuma De Groot, Yoram Haim, Limor Riskin, Tammy Eisenmann
  The Teacher and the Student in an Online Learning Environment: A model for Professional Development Training
   
Esty Doron
  Teachers' Background Characteristics and their Readiness to Adopt a Novel Technology for Computer Supported Collaborative Learning
   
Sigal Eden, Zemira Mevarech, Gila Kurtz
  The Effects of Metacognitive Guidance on Students’ Achievement in a Fully Online Course
   
Yoram Eshet-Alkalai, Eran Chajut
  Experience or Age? Long-Range Changes in Digital Thinking Skills:  A Follow-Up Study  
   
Elisheva Eshkar BarAm
  Teacher Training in a Virtual Environment
   
David Gallula, Ariel J. Frank 
  Enriching the Distributed Education Experience in the Framework of Web 2.0 using Usability 2.0
   
Danny Glick
  An Effective Blended Learning Solution overcoming Pedagogical and Technological Challenges in a Remote Area – A Case Study
   
Hadas Gelbart, Anat Yarden
  Learning Genetics through a Web-Based Research Simulation in Bioinformatics: How do Students' Approaches to Learning Influence their Learning Outcomes?
   
Sharon Genossar, Galit Botzer, Michal Yerushalmy
  Learning with Mobile Technology: A Case Study with Students in Mathematics Education 
   
Meytal Hans, Yael Kali, Yoav Yair 
  Spatial perception of the moon phases: A web-based module employing design principles for socio-constructivist learning and scientific visualization
   
Tali Heiman, Dorit Olenik-Shemesh, Dana Kaspi-Tsahor
  Assistive Technologies: Usage patterns and contributions to students with and without learning disabilities at The Open University
   
Orit Hetzrony, Sigal Reinders-Kafri, Orit almog
  Writing with symbols: the effects on language and literacy abilities of children with special needs
 
Yoram M Kalman
  Silence in Online Education: The Invisible Component  
   
Michael Konja, Dani Ben-Zvi
  Collaborative Learning Processes in Wiki-based Environments in Higher Education
   
Gila Kurtz, Amichai-Hamburger Yair
  Psychosocial Well-Being and Attitudes toward e-Learning
   
Aviva Klieger, Yehuda Ben-Hur, Nurit Bar-Yossef
  What Facilitates Integration of One-to-One Laptops According to Science Teachers?
   
Ariella Levenberg, Paul Gorsky
  The Effect of Feedback on Students' Willingness to Participate in Educational Blogs
   
Dalit Levy, Robert Tinker
  Links between Dynamic Representations of Atomic-Scale Phenomena and Molecular Reasoning
   
Sharona T. Levy, David Mioduser
  Concrete-Abstractions in Deciphering a Robot's Behavior among Preschool Children
   
Yair Levy
  Towards an Empirical Development of Critical Value Factors of Online Learning Activities
   
Rachel Levin-Peled, Yael Kali
  Using wiki to support inquiry learning in higher education
   
Tamar Levin, Paul Gorsky
  Using a Shared Spreadsheet for Encouraging Meaningful Mathematical Discussion and for Promoting Collaborative Knowledge Construction in a Community of Learners
   
Hagit Meishar-Tal, Edna Tal-Elhasid, Yoav Yair
  Wikis in Academic Courses: An Institutional Perspective
   
Gustavo Mesch, Ilan Talmud
  IM Use for Studying Purposes among College Students in Israel
   
Tal  Mor Herscovitz, Orit Herscovitz, Zvia Kaberman, Miriam Iris Barak, Yehudit Judy Dori
  Learning through Exploration of Cultural Heritage  via Virtual Expeditions – A Usability Study
   
Gali Naveh, Dorit Tubin, Nava Pliskin
  Academic Course Websites – Expectations and Reality
   
Orit Naor-Elaiza, Nitza Geri
  Easy as e-Mail? Probing the Slow Adoption of an Online Assignment Submission System
   
David Passig, Sigal Eden, Vanina Rosenbaum
  Enhance Parents' Awareness to Dyslexia with Virtual Reality
   
Bracha Peled, Anat Zohar
  The Effects of Explicit Teaching of Metastrategic Knowledge Using Microworlds on Low and High Achieving Students
   
Yehuda Peled
  Creating Meaningful Learning with Wiki  
   
Erez Porat, Galit Botzer
  How Do Children Interpret Motion while Interacting with Sony PlayStation EyeToy Application?
   
Karen Precel, Ronit Webman, Yoram Eshet-Alkalai, Batsheva Engelberg-Behr
  The Effect of Online Text Vowelization of Homographs in Context on Reading Comprehension among L1 and L2 Hebrew Speakers
   
Karen Precel, Yoram Eshet-Alkalai, Yael Alberton
  Students' attitudes toward a new pedagogical model for a fully-online  course
   
David Pundak, Shmaryahu Rozner, Fiana Yacobzon, Dvora Toledano
  Active Learning in 3D
   
Becky Schocken
  Characterization and Evaluation of Speech-Reading Support Systems for Hard-of-Hearing Students in the Class
   
Baruch Schwarz, Yifat Ben-David, Maria Mishenkina
  Moderation of e-Discussion: Emergent Harmony for Learning Purposes?
   
Noam Shaked, Ely Kozminsky
  The Effect of Menu Depth on User Information-Seeking Performance in an Academic Website Supporting Course
   
Tamar Shamir-Inbal, Yael Kali
  The Effect of a Teacher Professional Development Program for Web-Based Instruction on Teachers’ Practices  
   
Giza Shaviv – Schnieder, Gad Yair, Zachi Milgrom
  From Computer Illiteracy to ICT Literacy: How Principals of Elementary Schools Become ICT Literate - Characteristics of the Process
   
Michal Shemesh, Yakov Schwartz, Tehila Sened, Tali  Freund, Rachela Shiffer, Israel  Weisenstern, Janet  Talmon, Amos Dreyfus
  CBT Matriculation Examinations Adapted to ICT Based Learning Environment in
Life Science & Agriculture
   
Anat Shemla, Rafi  Nachmias
  Faculty Pedagogical Perception of Internet Integration within the Teaching Process
   
Ornit Spektor-Levy, Dafna Raviv, Mina Gazit, Keren Menashe
  One-to-One Computing and Virtual Campus as a Routine Learning Environment
   
Nili Ticotsky-Zadok
  Turning Dental Teachers into a Learning Organization
   
Oleg Tilchin
  Enhancing Teaching through Collaborative Learning