I am a psychologist having also studied online education and training in the early nineties. My concerns are related to the application of ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) in education and cultural heritage.
I established the Applied Research Unit of the Sapir Academic College of the Negev and ran the first project in Israel of community development based on computer-mediated communications. When the Internet was opened in Israel, I led its dissemination to industry; I have also trained the first groups of teacher’s educators in the application of the then new tools in education. The cultural constructivist psychology of Michael Cole on the role of technology has guided my work.
I moderated the MINERVA framework for coordinating activities in digitisation of cultural heritage; was member of NRG (National Representatives Group) that set the ground for Europeana; from 2004 to 2017 have co-chaired the EVA/Minerva Jerusalem International Conference on Advanced Technologies for Culture.
EUROPEANA is the EU flagship project in the area of digitisation of cultural heritage having a leading role in this area worldwide. It is a lively eco-system where best practices are developed, show cased and mutual learning takes place between professionals in the area of culture, educators, cultural tourism developers, computer scientists, researchers and scholars from the academy, start-ups and entrepreneurs. Since 2008, I have been an active participant in Europeana projects: Judaica Europeana, Athena, Athena Plus, Linked Heritage, Digital Manuscripts to Europeana and now, again, Judaica European II in the framework of the Jewish Heritage Network. A Judaica Europeana thematic collection is planned for Europeana - one of its dissemination targets is much relevant to CA18204 goals: the European Day of Jewish Culture when Jewish communities in localities in all European countries display and perform their local place making.
I am interested in the application of Linked Data approaches for the integration and enrichment of digital cultural heritage repositories (https://ajlpublishing.org/index.php/jl/article/view/453, http://web.judaicalink.org/) and cultural heritage digital storytelling (http://www.makash.org.il/docs/Winer_Ontology_Storytelling_svt.pdf)