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
- Head, Interactive Study Materials - ıAmir Winer
Administration
- Osnat Tsarfati - Administrative assistant
- Ofra Beck - Purchasing and budget
The Pedagogical team – Instructional designers and project managers
- Dr. Yachin Epstein - Head, Google books project manager, Pe'er project manager
- Dr. Tsily Raz-Liebermann - Instructional design, digital video, synchronous teaching
- Shlomit Zarchovitz - Instructional design, Moodle characterization, Audio-books project manager, Shoham publications, technologies for students with special needs
- Tami Neuthal - Instructional design, Moodle characterization, training coordinator, Wiki and collaborative learning
- Itay Ophir - Head of Moodle characterization, instructional design
- Michal Bezer-Amar - ıInstructional design, virtual classroom coordinator (including video)
Technological Development team – Development, operation and maintenance of the learning environment
- Itai Har-Even - Head
- Goly Rabanim - Systems manager, ass't. to head of Moodle environment project
- Alex Briginevich - Systems
- Uri Sheffi - Development of Internet applications
- Orit Mendelovich - Manager of the learning environment and of support system
- Natalia Rotenberg - Head of Russian language studies, developer
- Roi Yarkoni - Learning environment development team leader, head of Moodle environment project
- Yifat Shaked - Learning environment development, responsible for technical operation of the learning environment
- Miri Hefetz - Learning environment development
- Shimon Nagar - Learning environment development
- Dimitri Zabiagilski - Learning environment development
- Gabriel Weissbuch - Quality assurance (QA) team leader
- Mark Steinberg - Quality assurance and support
- Revital Cohen - Quality assurance and support
- Nadav Leshed - Quality assurance
Video and Broadcast Studio team – Development, operation and maintenance of the video and synchronous learning systems
- Boaz Marmelstein - Head
- Gaby Hayoun - Advanced technology and studio development manager
- Asaf Avrahami - Video technicians team leader
- Daniel Cosin - Video and sound technician
- Anna Komha - Video technician, video support
- George Koshkhadze - Video technician, filming of events
- Baruch Babiv - Video technician, sampling
- Lea Frank-Peretz - Video technician
- Oded Kaufman - Video technician
- Reuven Marianski - Video technician, outdoor filming
- Efrat Savir - Lesson coordinator and administration
- Michal Bezer-Amar - ıVirtual classroom coordinator: training and integration
- Ofra Beck - Classroom filming project coordinator
Interactive Study Materials – Development, design, integration and maintenance of interactive study materials
- Amir Winer - Head
- Roi Sharoni - Interactive development
- Vered Tubi Frishberg - Interactive development, courseware maintenance
- Liat Berstein - HTML developer
- Ofer Vainer - Filming and video production coordinator
- Gal Abramovski - Video editor
