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Tami Seifert

Kibbutzim College of Education, Tel-Aviv

Israel - Tel Aviv

Biography

Tami Seifert is currently a senior lecturer at Kibbutzim College of Education, Tel-Aviv. She has a PhD in Urban Studies and Instructional Design and Technology from Old Dominion University (Virginia, USA) in 2001. She earned both her B.Sc and M.Sc from Tel-Aviv University. Between 2003 and 2005 she completed a post-doctorate from Tel-Aviv University on implementation of handheld computers in education. She served as head of the Department of Educational Computing, the head of Academic ICT and vice-director of the Teacher Training for Graduates Program at Kibbutzim College of Education (2007-2014). Courses Tami has taught in the past five years include: Innovative Technologies in Education, Online Education, The Design of Online Instruction: From Planning to Assessment, Social Networking in Educational Contexts, Application of Video in Teaching. She promotes and advises digital literacy among faculty so that they can serve as role-models for their own students, helping to bridge the technological gap between generations.