The Open University, an Israeli distance-learning institution, has been cleared to award PhDs in education starting next year. Israel’s Council for Higher Education endorsed on Tuesday an expert panel’s recommendation to let the university open its first doctorate track: a program focused on technology and learning systems. Upon the appointment of the expert panel, the…
“A group of women from an affluent city arrived, and when they saw the laundry drying rack in the yard, they asked: ‘People still dry laundry like that?’” Meet Elham Alkamlat, a tour guide in Rahat. She doesn’t think of it as the “Wild West,” as Bennett said, and promises that if you come to…
Omer Tal was one of the nicer surprises this season ⭕ He came with the goal of progressing leagues, and succeeded with a little help from the coronavirus ⭕ “We would have progressed even without the coronavirus,” he says. “We were one of the two best teams in the league.” In these difficult times of…
On Monday, December 20, 2021, the Open University will launch the Astrophysics Research Center (ARCO) operating under the auspices of the Department of Natural and Life Sciences. The main objective of the Research Center is to serve as a scientific, institutional and practical umbrella for the study of theoretical, observational and empirical issues and topics…
Lior Datal and The Marker, Haaretz The only university in Israel that was nearly fully prepared for the transition to distance education is the Open University, which provides, on a routine schedule, undergraduate degrees by means of a system of online courses; pre-recorded lectures in addition to live classes, filmed in studios by means of…
Institutions of higher learning have transitioned at record speed to online learning, and there is understanding that this grand, global experiment taking place right now in online instruction will change the face of academia. Those that are most hurt by the changes are the fields which require labs and students who find it difficult to…
It is possible that if establishments of education were to work on altering learningstyles to be more interactive, there would not be a need for a complete halt to theacademic year. Original Hebrew Article: https://iglob.es/?1001323466 On an average day, with no coronavirus, it is easy to understand why students and professors prefer a “frontal” education…
The new restrictions have left the institutions for higher educationclosed with studies transferring online. How will you succeed in yourstudies from the home? Here are a few tips from students. As a result of the Coronavirus outbreak, most institutions for higher education have decided to enact their studies at a distance, online. So what should…
This provision of access will allow tens of thousands of Israelis who are stuck in their homes, searching for ways to reduce expenses in this Coronavirus period, while still enjoying recreational culture. The free digital books available on the Open University website are non-fiction and textbooks of the Lambda publishing company, in different fields of…