Short Biography
Gal Stern is a Ph.D. student at the Faculty of Education in Science and Technology at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. She earned her M.A. in Learning Technologies in 2018 from the Department of Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education, School of Education, Tel Aviv University. From 2014 to 2018, Gal served as a teaching assistant at Tel Aviv University and Levinsky College of Education. She is currently a Senior Consultant at KPMG, where she specializes in work processes and information systems. Previously, she worked as a learning developer and information technology trainer at Clalit Health Services.
Email: galstern@campus.technion.ac.il
Awards, fellowships and honors
- 2026 – NARST 2026 International Travel Award
- 2024 – First place, Faculty Graduate Poster Competition, Technion
Publications
Theses
Stern, G. (2026). The effects of digital curation on 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. (2025). Leveraging digital curation for personalized learning. In M. Bernacki, C. Walkington, A. Emery, L. Zhang (Eds.), Handbook of Personalized Learning (pp. 198-211). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032719467-16
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 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/225836/
Papers in Hebrew
Stern, G., Gadot, R., & Tsybulsky, D. (2025). Digital curation and generative artificial intelligence: New horizons in science education. Eureka, (46), 1-8. Link
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. Integrating digital curation in science education: a pathway to personalized learning. ESERA2025 Conference. Copenhagen, Denmark, August 2025. Oral presentation.
Stern, G. & Tsybulsky, D. Integrating digital curation in science education: a pathway to personalized learning. ESERA2025 Conference. Copenhagen, Denmark, August 2025. Oral presentation.
Stern, G. & Tsybulsky, D. From collecting to designing: integrating AI into digital curation for personalized science education. NARST2026 conference. Seattle, USA, April 2026 (accepted). Oral presentation.