Our final session of the day focused on our host - the Mofet Institute. Dr. Sarah Ziv presented us with an overview of the Institute, and of its International Channel. She described a variety of projects, ranging from webinars via Elluminate, to the Online Academy, and projects undertaken with the cooperation of educational institutions in other countries.
We then met with Ami Salant who reported on the Information Center of the Institute and its mission. In the past "information services" focused on bringing more and more information to those who needed it. Today, however, when we're inundated with information, a central objective of those same services is to reduce the quantity of information and to match specific information to the specific needs of those being served.
Reuven Werber and Penny Barsimantov showed us the English language portals of the Institute that attempt to realize the vision that Ami described a few moments earlier. They invited us to conduct a few searches within the portals to help us learn how function, and also outlined the ways in which they hope to continue to improve them.
We then met with Ami Salant who reported on the Information Center of the Institute and its mission. In the past "information services" focused on bringing more and more information to those who needed it. Today, however, when we're inundated with information, a central objective of those same services is to reduce the quantity of information and to match specific information to the specific needs of those being served.
Reuven Werber and Penny Barsimantov showed us the English language portals of the Institute that attempt to realize the vision that Ami described a few moments earlier. They invited us to conduct a few searches within the portals to help us learn how function, and also outlined the ways in which they hope to continue to improve them.
Thank you Jay! Here's the URL for the International Portal of Teacher Education:
ReplyDeletehttp://itec.macam.ac.il/portal