Welcome to the UNESCO Chair on Technology, Internationalization and Education (TIE)

Today, driven by globalization, technological advancements and knowledge-based economy pressures, many educational reforms are underpinned by emerging policy-level commitments to contemporary global-supranational knowledge and skills. Indeed, the dynamic, technological 21^st century environment results in youth living and studying in a global, cosmopolitan world and using novel tools, devices, and skills, thus forcing education systems to adapt to a new internationalized way of teaching and learning. In addition, the increasing accountability pressures (enforced by international comparisons undertaken by supra-national bodies like the OECD) motivate governments to improve their education systems’ quality. The mounting pressures of internationalization emerge in addition to the existing pressures of nationalization, thus forcing education systems to comply with opposing influences and trends that can be expressed in various ways within the nations’ education systems. 

This UNESCO chair aims to promote development of research and practices through the understanding of the internationalization processes in schools as well as in higher education and to shed light on those complex processes in different contexts by engaging in research, teaching, and community-related activities. This UNESCO chair is also focused on development of research and practices concerning technological transformations that have tremendous effect on the world of education. Achieving these objectives, will enhance the development of joint efforts directed toward improved scientific understanding of technological transformations and internationalization in education, to better prepare future students and pupils for the challenges of the 21st century.

The Chair is part of UNITWIN / UNESCO Chairs Programme which promotes international inter-university cooperation and networking to enhance institutional capacities through knowledge sharing and collaborative work.

Staff

Chairholders: Prof. Rafi Nachmias

Rafi Nachmias is a full professor for science education and technology in the School of Education at Tel Aviv University. Prof. Nachmias was the privious head of the School of Education and currently chair the Science and Technologu Educational Center (SATEC), Virtual TAU- Inegrating information technologies in TAU academic instruction, the Unit for Science–oriented youth of TAU, and the committee doctoral stuents. In the last three decads he was the advisor of over 100 graduate students in Tel Aviv University, published, 5 books and over 200 papers in leading academic journals and academic cofernce proceedings, and leaded over 20 international and national research projects, all in the field of science education and educational technology.

Deputy Chairholder of technology and education affairs: Prof. Anat Cohen

Anat Cohen (PhD) is an associate professor for science and technology education in the School of Education at Tel Aviv University. Prof. Cohen is currently the head of the Science and Technology Educational Center (SATEC). She was the previous head of the Learning and Technology program in The Department of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology. Prof. Cohen has vast experience in research and teaching in the field of learning and technologies after 20 years of development of online learning materials, training of academic staff, characterization of learning-management features fit to the University’s needs, as well as research activities focusing on research areas such as social networks and privacy perception on the cyber space, internet implementation in higher education, innovative pedagogical practices using ICT, open educational resources (Learning object repositories and MOOCs), learning analytics and educational data mining.

OER & Emerging Technologies Coordinator: Shani Evenstein Sigalov

Shani Evenstein Sigalov (PhD) is an educator, lecturer, researcher and Free Knowledge advocate, focusing on the intersection between Technology, Education and Openness and their integration into the academic curriculum. She serves as an EdTech Innovation Strategist at the American Medical program at Sackler School of medicine, where she utilizes technological and pedagogical methodologies such as 'Flipped Classroom' and 'Cased-Based Learning' in a paper-free environment, in order to revolutionize the way medicine is taught in the 21st century.

Chair Coordinator: Guy Cohen

Guy Cohen is a doctoral candidate at Tel Aviv University, School of Education. 

Contact us

UNESCO Chair on Technology, Internationalization and Education (TIE)

The Jaime and Joan Constantiner School of Education, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel. 

Tel: +972-3-6408843.