Month: January 2026

Congratulations to Haya Ben Simon on the Jacobs Excellence Scholarship

We are delighted to congratulate Haya Ben Simon on being awarded the Jacobs Excellence Scholarship (2026).

This prestigious scholarship recognizes academic excellence and outstanding promise, and reflects Haya’s dedication, scholarly achievements, and meaningful contributions to research. We are proud of her accomplishment and wish her continued success in her academic journey.

Congratulations to Gal Stern on the NARST 2026 International Travel Award

We are delighted to congratulate Gal Stern on being selected to receive a NARST 2026 International Travel Award, supporting her travel to the NARST2026 Annual International Conference.

At the conference, Gal will present her accepted oral paper:
Stern, G. & Tsybulsky, D. (2026). From collecting to designing: Integrating AI into digital curation for personalized science education.
NARST 2026 Conference, Seattle, USA, April 2026.

 We are proud of her achievement and look forward to her presentation at NARST 2026.

Just published – Our New Article in Smart Learning Environments

I’m delighted to share that our article, “Critical Ignoring Reimagined: Insights from STEM Digital Curation on Wikimedia Platforms,” has been published in Smart Learning Environments.

Led by Shani Evenstein Sigalov, this study revisits the concept of critical ignoring and extends it through an in-depth qualitative analysis of experienced Wikimedians engaged in STEM digital curation on Wikipedia and Wikidata. The findings show how the original strategies of critical ignoring (self-nudging, lateral reading, and “don’t feed the trolls”) are enacted and sustained in real-world, collaborative knowledge production.

Importantly, the study identifies additional motivational and contextual dimensions that support critical ignoring over time, highlighting its role as a sustained, socially embedded practice rather than a momentary evaluation skill.

👉 Read the article here:

Evenstein Sigalov, S. & Tsybulsky, D. (2026). Critical ignoring reimagined: Insights from STEM digital curation on Wikimedia platforms. Smart Learning Environments, 13:4, 1-32. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40561-026-00432-6

🎥 You can also watch a short AI-generated video overview here: