ICT in Teaching and Learning: Report from the Working groups on ICT and the teacher/learner perspective

Alona Forkosh-Baruch

ICT in Teaching and Learning: Report from the Working groups on ICT and the teacher/learner perspective (2009) pp. 1–10

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Preservice Teachers’ Practices in Social Digital Curation: Towards Authentic Learning

Rivka Gadot; Alona Forkosh Baruch

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2018 (Jun 25, 2018) pp. 942–949

The reported study herewith includes analysis of 78 preservice teachers’ from altogether 45 knowledge exhibitions and insights, constructed in a digital curation course in an Israeli college of education. The aim of the study was to examine their...

Topics: social networks, Collaborative technologies, Authentic, contextualized, and real-world learning

“I opened a group for myself, to keep my data…”: Personal Information Management and Usage Patterns on WhatsApp

Alona Forkosh Baruch; Lilach Alon

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2019 (Jun 24, 2019) pp. 268–276

WhatsApp has become a popular and available social media application which enables instant messaging that includes media, text, photos, videos, and voice, and requires management of personal information (PIM). Studies on PIM practices on social...

Topics: social networks, Collaborative technologies, Mobile and ubiquitous learning

Teachers’ Role in the SNS-Era:Different points of view from a global perspective

Arnon Hershkovitz; Alona Forkosh Baruch

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2014 (Jun 23, 2014) pp. 630–636

The knowledge society poses challenges in the field of education. These challenges include social and cultural aspects as well as aspects referring to educators' skills and competencies. Teachers' roles are changing learning and teaching as well as...

Topics: Computer-Mediated Communication, Constructivist Perspectives, Emerging Technologies & Accessibility

Teachers’ Role in the SNS-Era:Different points of view from a global perspective

Arnon Hershkovitz; Alona Forkosh Baruch

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2014 (Jun 23, 2014) pp. 624–629

The knowledge society poses challenges in the field of education. These challenges include social and cultural aspects as well as aspects referring to educators' skills and competencies. Teachers' roles are changing learning and teaching as well as...

Topics: Computer-Mediated Communication, Constructivist Perspectives, Emerging Technologies & Accessibility

Teacher-student relationship in the SNS-era: Ethical issues

Alona Forkosh Baruch; Arnon Hershkovitz

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2014 (Jun 23, 2014) pp. 2701–2706

Public debate on social networking sites (SNS) usage in teacher-student interactions has been vigorous and controversial in nature, emphasizing drawbacks rather than mutual benefits; disadvantages may include blurring of school vs. home settings,...

Topics: Ethical Issues, Research Perspectives, Other: Research, Library Issues, etc.

Upbringing in a Digital World: Opportunities and Possibilities

Alona Forkosh Baruch; Ola Erstad

Technology, Knowledge and Learning Vol. 23, No. 3 (2018) pp. 377–390

In our article, we refer to the interrelation between upbringing and education, within the context of an emerging paradigm of upbringing as a new construct. First we discuss upbringing in the digital era. Then, we state the main concerns involving...

Teachers: To Be, Or Not to Be (Your Students’ Facebook-friends)?

Alona Forkosh Baruch; Arnon Hershkovitz

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 428–436

Student-teacher relationships have been heavily influenced by the emergence of social network sites (SNS). At the same time, policymakers are concerned about the implications of student-teacher connections using them, often resulting in banning such ...

Broadening Communication yet Holding Back: Teachers' Perceptions of Their Relationship with Students in the SNS-Era

Alona Forkosh-Baruch; Arnon Hershkovitz

Education and Information Technologies Vol. 23, No. 2 (2018) pp. 725–740

Teacher-student relationship is vital for students' academic, emotional and social development, as well as for teachers' professional and personal development. This quantitative study examines teacher-student communication and relationship on...

A case study of Israeli higher-education institutes sharing scholarly information with the community via social networks

Alona Forkosh-Baruch; Arnon Hershkovitz

Internet and Higher Education Vol. 15, No. 1 (January 2012) pp. 58–68

The purpose of this study is to empirically examine cases in which Social Networking Sites (SNS) are being utilized for scholarly purposes by higher-education institutes in Israel. The research addresses questions regarding content patterns,...

Language: English

A Cost Effectiveness model for Web Supported Academic Instruction: Development, Validation, and Implementation

Anat Cohen; Rafi Nachmias; Alona Forkosh-Baruch

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2004 (2004) pp. 1020–1025

This paper describes a study of development, validation and implementation of a cost-effectiveness model for web-supported academic learning (WSL). The model is based on empirical data and adapted to the characteristics and needs of traditional...

Challenges in ICT Implementation in Teacher Education Colleges as Viewed by the ICT coordinator

Merav Asaf; Miri Shonfeld; Alona Forkosh-Baruch

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2015 (Jun 22, 2015) pp. 1581–1586

ICT coordinators of 8 Teacher Education Colleges were interviewed about the integration of educational technology within their colleges. In this study, challenges of the implementation process were sought. The coordinators related to various...

Topics: Schools, Integration, Change, Curriculum, Evaluation of Impact

Measures for ICT Implementation in Colleges of Education

Alona Forkosh Baruch; Orit Avidov-Unger

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2014 (Jun 23, 2014) pp. 1521–1529

The paper focuses on a questionnaire evaluating Information and Communication Technology (ICT) implementation among teacher educators in academic colleges of education. It examines components of ICT training as perceived by teacher educators in...

Topics: Teaching/Learning Strategies, Implementation Experiences, Policy and Law

“... otherwise I will get lost”: Affective aspects of personal information management among preservice teachers

Lilach Alon; Alona Forkosh Baruch; Rafi Nachmias

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2018 (Jun 25, 2018) pp. 537–547

This study examines affective aspects of personal information management (PIM), which is a basic need in the digital era, characterized by overflow of information. Our basic assumption is that affective aspects accompany the PIM experience. We...

Topics: Teacher education and technology integration

ICT in Colleges of Education: Longitudinal Change from the Coordinator's Perspective

Miri Shonfeld; Alona Forkosh Baruch; Merav Asaf

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 3405–3410

In this research, the state of ICT implementation in Teacher Education Colleges in Israel was studied in two time periods - 2008 and 2014. Data were collected using the School Technology and Readiness (STaR) Chart and were reported from the ICT...

Topics: Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK), Change, Leadership, Information Communication Technologies

Proactive, Preventive or Indifference?: Reaction Modes of Faculty towards Use of Personal Mobile Devices in Courses

Alona Forkosh-Baruch; Hagit Meishar-Tal

International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning Vol. 8, No. 2 (April 2016) pp. 72–84

Students enter classes with mobile devices and use them for learning; however, these are also distracting devices. Some teacher educators display positive attitudes; others display negative attitudes, depending on their perception of the advantages...

Professional identity of teacher educators in the digital era in light of demands of pedagogical innovation

Orit Avidov-Ungar; Alona Forkosh-Baruch

Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies Vol. 73, No. 1 (July 2018) pp. 183–191

The study examines teacher educators' perceptions regarding pedagogical innovation. 27 semi-structured interviews were analyzed using three modes of existence composing their professional identity with regards to pedagogical innovation: being, the...

Language: English

“Each lesson was a success experience”: Lessons Learned from an Information Technologies Course for Ultra- and Non-Ultra-Orthodox Teacher Trainees

Alona Forkosh Baruch; Rivka Gadot; Lilach Alon

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2019 (Jun 24, 2019) pp. 599–605

Israeli higher education institutes are challenged by the growing number of ultra-orthodox students. This requires coping with novel aspects unfamiliar to participants, as students and as teachers in the education system – utilizing information...

Topics: Teacher education and technology integration, Technology solutions for marginalized populations, Learning technologies for transformational change

Diffusion Patterns of ICT-based Pedagogical Innovations

Alona Forkosh Baruch; David Mioduser; Rafi Nachmias

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 58–66

In this paper two patterns of ICT-based pedagogical innovations are presented and analyzed: "islands of innovation" and "school-wide implementations." Our study focused on: levels and domains of ICT-bases innovation within schools; communication...

Topics: Schools, Information Communication Technologies

"I miss my students": Characterizing teachers seeking connection with their students via social networking sites

Arnon Hershkovitz; Alona Forkosh-Baruch; Rebecca P. Ang

EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2014 (Jun 23, 2014) pp. 615–623

Teacher-student relationships are vital for well-being and academic development within schools, as well as for teachers’ professional development. As these relationships might be facilitated via social media, regulations restricting teacher-student...

Topics: Computer-Mediated Communication, improving classroom teaching, New Roles for Teachers/Learners

Teachers' Professional Development for ICT Integration: Towards a Reciprocal Relationship between Research and Practice

Peter R. Albion; Jo Tondeur; Alona Forkosh-Baruch; Jef Peeraer

Education and Information Technologies Vol. 20, No. 4 (2015) pp. 655–673

Teachers in the 21st century are facing new challenges as a result of the expanding possibilities of ICT integration in every aspect of the school milieu. Studies have shown the potential of teacher professional development (TPD) that is tailored to ...

Responding to Challenges in Teacher Professional Development for ICT Integration in Education

Jo Tondeur; Alona Forkosh-Baruch; Sarah Prestridge; Peter Albion; Shiyama Edirisinghe

Journal of Educational Technology & Society Vol. 19, No. 3 (2016) pp. 110–120

There is wide agreement that teacher professional development (TPD) is a necessary element in educational change, especially for the more effective application of technology to enhance learning. The research literature reports many examples of...

The current state of pre-service teachers training for ICT based teaching in Israel: 2008-2009

Olzan Goldstein; Nitsa Waldman; Bertha Tesler; Alona Forkosh-Baruch; Miri Shonfeld; Nili Mor; Ida Heilweil; Zipi Zelkovitz; Wafa Zidan; Lea Kozminsky

Global TIME 2011 (Feb 22, 2011) pp. 165–170

This study examines the current state of pre-service teachers' preparation to integrate Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in teaching in four colleges of education in Israel. Data were collected using a questionnaire administered to...

Effective approaches to prepare future teachers for educational technology use

Jo Tondeur; Natalie Pareja Roblin; Johan van Braak; Joke Voogt; Sarah Prestridge; Alona Forkosh-Baruch; Miri Shonfeld; Merav Asaf; Maaike Heitink; Liebet Verplanken; Petra Fisser; Peter Albion

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 3082–3085

Teacher training institutions are expected to prepare preservice teachers to integrate technology into their educational practice. However, several studies suggest that technology is often underused by preservice (eg. Mouza et al., 2014). There is a ...

Topics: Technological, Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)

Technology Enhanced Quality Learning for All: The EDUsummIT 2015 Call to Action

Joke Voogt; Kwok Wing Lai; Gerald Knezek; Peter Albion; Jo Tondeur; Alona Forkosh-Baruch; Miri Schönfield; Thérèse Laferrière; J. Michael Spector; Punya Mishra; Petra Fisser; Danah Henriksen; Rhonda Christensen; Paul Resta; Mike Searson; Charoula Angeli

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 1246–1248

EduSummIT is a global community of policy-makers, researchers, and educators working together to move education into the digital age. The fourth EDUsummIT took place September 14-15, 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand, in close connection with the UNESCO...

Topics: Technology Leadership, Research & Evaluation, International Education

Technology Enhanced Quality Learning for All: The EDUsummIT 2015 Call to Action

Joke Voogt; Kwok Wing Lai; Gerald Knezek; Peter Albion; Jo Tondeur; Alona Forkosh-Baruch; Miri Schönfield; Thérèse Laferrière; J. Michael Spector; Punya Mishra; Petra Fisser; Danah Henriksen; Rhonda Christensen; Paul Resta; Mike Searson; Charoula Angeli

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (Mar 21, 2016) pp. 797–799

EduSummIT is a global community of policy-makers, researchers, and educators working together to move education into the digital age. The fourth EDUsummIT took place September 14-15, 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand, in close connection with the UNESCO...

Topics: Technology Leadership, Research & Evaluation, International Education

Part 1: Rethinking Learning in the Digital Age – Implications for Teacher Education

Joke Voogt; Kwok Wing Lai; Gerald Knezek; Rhonda Christensen; Alona Forkosh Baruch; Vadim Grinshkun; Sergey Grigoryev; Miri Shonfeld; Anneke Smits; Danah Henrikson; Michael Henderson; Alexander Uvarov; Mike Philips; Mary Webb; Dale Niederhauser; Punya Mishra; Margaret Leahy; Deirdre Butler; Allard Strijker

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2018 (Mar 26, 2018) pp. 1075–1079

The International Summit on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Education (EDUsummIT) met in Borovets, Bulgaria in September 2017 This community of 80 leading scholars, policy makers and educators discussed the theme Rethinking...

Topics: Technology Leadership, Research & Evaluation