Shoham - The Center for Information Technology in Distance Education
Shoham was established in April 1995 as a professional organization focusing on the informed integration of information technologies into the Open University teaching paradigm. The Center deals with the development, evaluation, research and integration of technology-based pedagogical solutions to meet the various needs of academic courses offered by the University, enabling it to provide a higher quality and more effective and enjoyable learning experience to its varied and dispersed student body.
- Director - Edna Tal-Elhasid
- Head, Pedagogical team - Dr. Yachin Epstein
- Head, Technological Development team - Itai Har-Even
- Head, Video and Broadcast Studio team - Boaz Marmelstein
Administration
- Osnat Tsarfati - Secretary
- Ofra Beck - Purchasing, financial affairs
The Pedagogical team - Instructional designers and project managers
- Dr. Yachin Epstein - Head, Google books project manager, Pe'er project manager
- Dr. Yael Steimberg - Digital video, synchronous teaching
- Shlomit Zarchovitz - Audio-books project manager, Shoham publications, technologies for students with special needs
- Tami Neuthal - Shoham website, training coordinator, online collaborative learning, learning environment characterization
Technological Development team
- Itai Har-Even - Head
- Goly Rabanim - Systems manager
- Alex Briginevich - Systems
- Uri Sheffi - Scripts programming, production and maintenance of Wiki environment
- Orit Mendelovich - Manager of the learning environment and of support system
- Roi Yarkoni - OPUS programming team leader
- Yifat Shaked, Miri Hefetz - OPUS programming
- Gabriel Weissbuch - Quality assurance (QA) team leader, OPUS support
- Mark Steinberg - OPUS quality assurance, OPUS and Pe'er support
- Revital Cohen - Multimedia courseware QA and support
- Vered Tubi-Frishberg, Roy Sharoni - Multimedia development
Video and Broadcast Studio team
- Boaz Marmelstein - Head
- Dr. Yael Steimberg - Pedagogical manager
- Gaby Hayoun - Technology manager
- Ofer Vainer - Video technicians team leader
- Asaf Avrahami - Video lesson team leader
- Gal Abramovski - Video editor
- Daniel Cosin - Studio technician, sound technician
- Anna Komha - Video lesson team leader, video support
- George Koshkhadze - Filming of events
- Baruch Babiv, Reuven Marianski, Lea Frank; Oded Kaufman - Video studio technicians
- Liat Berstein, Efrat Savir - Production and Administration
- Michal Bezer - Pedagogy and Production
