Higher Education Forum: Session No.30: MOOCs and online academic learning – opportunities and risks

May 1, 2015

On the subject: “MOOCs and online academic learning – opportunities and risks”
Moderator: Prof. Uri Kirsch – Neaman Institute, Technion; active in higher education issues.
Speakers: Dr Yoram Kalman – Research Center for Innovation in Learning Technologies, The Open University of Israel.
Prof. Yoav Shoham – professor of computer science at Stanford University, High Tech entrepreneur, active in online education, in both the US and Israel. 
Prof. Nira Hativa – editor of “Teaching in the Academy”, former director of the Center for the Advancement of Teaching at Tel Aviv University and chairwoman of the Israeli organization of teaching centers.
Prof. Sheizaf Rafaeli – Director, The Center for Internet Research and member of the LINKS-ICORE Center for Learning in a Networked Society.
The meeting was held at the Tel Aviv University.