Short Biography
Ms. Gal Stern is a Ph.D. student at the Faculty of Education in Science and Technology at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. She graduated from Tel-Aviv University in 2018 with an MA degree in Learning Technology at the Department of Math, Science and Technology Education, School of Education, Tel Aviv University, Israel. Her thesis focuses on Developing a MAP for integrating mathematical applets in the teaching sequence. Gal served as a teaching assistant in Tel-Aviv University and Levinsky College of Education for the last 4 years, as a part of her role she provided feedback and evaluation for students, examining papers, instructing in writing seminars, and guided academic writing. Gal is also a Senior Consultant at KPMG firm in the field of work processes and information systems. Before that, she was a learning developer and information technology trainer in Clalit Health Services.
Email: galstern@campus.technion.ac.il
Publications
Theses
Stern, G. (In progress). Digital curation for promoting personalized learning. Ph.D. thesis in science education. Technion, Israel. Supervision: Tsybulsky, D.
Stern, G. (2018). Developing MAP for integrating mathematical applets in teaching sequence. MA thesis in Technology and Learning. Tel-Aviv, Israel: Tel-Aviv University. Supervision: Cohen, A. [In Hebrew with abstract in English].
Chapters in books/conference proceedings
Stern, G., Dayan, E. & Tsybulsky, D. (Accepted). Leveraging digital curation for personalized learning. In M. Bernacki, C. Walkington, A. Emery, L. Zhang (Eds.), Handbook of Personalized Learning.
Stern, G. & Tsybulsky, D. (2025). Digital Curation in Science Education: Exploring Novel Student-Centered Technology Applications for Personalized Learning Experiences. In R. Jake Cohen (Ed.). Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 2557-2564). Orlando, FL, USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved July 19, 2025 fromhttps://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/225836/.
Contributed talks and posters
Nakash-Stern, G. & Cohen, A. Developing MAP for integrating mathematical applets in teaching sequence. Eleventh Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education, Utrecht University, Feb 2019, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Dayan, E., Stern, G. & Tsybulsky, D. New Age – New Practices: Digital Curation in Teaching and Learning. 4th Global Forum of the OECD Education 2030. Jerusalem, Israel, June 2022. Digital workshop. Link
Stern, G. & Tsybulsky, D. Harnessing digital curation for personalized science learning in secondary school. NARST2024 Conference. Denver, Colorado, USA, March 2024. Oral presentation.
Stern, G. & Tsybulsky, D. Digital curation as a pedagogical approach promoting personalized learning. Technion, Israel, June 2024. Poster presentation. PDF.
Stern, G. & Tsybulsky, D. Curating the future: Integrating digital curation for personalized learning in science education. NARST2025 conference. National Harbor, Maryland, USA, March 2025. Poster presentation.
Stern, G. & Tsybulsky, D. Digital Curation in Science Education: Exploring Novel Student-Centered Technology Applications for Personalized Learning Experiences. SITE2025 conference . Orlando, FL, USA, March 2025, Paper presentation.