Affiliations: Educational Testing Service, USA | Tel-Aviv University Online, Israel
Note: [] Address for correspondence: Michal Beller, PhD, Senior Research
Director, Research and Development Division MS 09-R, Educational Testing
Service, Rosedale Road, Princeton, NJ 08541, USA. E-mail: mbeller@ets.org
Note: [] Founding Director of Tel-Aviv Online. E-mail: ehudor@post.tau.ac.il
Abstract: This paper provides an overview of global trends in e-Learning and
opportunities opened by harnessing learning technologies at the service of the
Israeli higher education. The introduction of innovative learning technologies
is examined in light of an organizational change. A series of substantial
issues should be taken into account to successfully manage the change. Among
these are: rethinking of academic learning and instruction, redefining the role
of the teachers and the students, decoupling the learning materials and the
learning process, new approaches to student assessment and program evaluation,
and instituting a well thought out organizational plan including a support
center. The above-mentioned issues guided the introduction of a recent call for
project proposals for the integration of technologies into Israeli higher
education. The main principles, criteria and results of this call are
described.
