Rivka Gadot

Short Biography

Dr. Rivka Gadot, a faculty member of the Computer Science Department at Lev Academic Center, completed her Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the Faculty of Education in Science and Technology at the Technion from 2021 to 2023. She possesses a diverse academic portfolio encompassing Computer Science, Economics, Business Administration, and Education. Dr. Gadot’s primary research interests are centered around social media, social curation, and data mining.

Email: rivka.gadot@campus.technion.ac.il; rivki.gadot@gmail.com

Publications

Theses

  1. Gadot, R. (2009). Supporting factors and hindering factors in the Implementation of the National Educational Reform (2005). M.A. thesis in education. Raanana, Israel: The Open Supervision: Guri-Rosenblit, S. & Metzer, D. [In Hebrew with abstract in English].
  2. Gadot, R. (2017). Social Curation as Learning Activity. Ph.D. thesis in technology education. Tel Aviv, Israel: Tel Aviv University. Supervision: Levin, I. [In Hebrew with abstract in English].

Refereed papers in professional journals

  1. Erlich, Z., Gadot, R., & Shahak, D. (2008). The Effect of Computer Literacy Course on Students’ Attitudes toward Computer Applications. Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 37(1), 83-95.
  2. Forkosh-Baruch, A., & Gadot, R. (2021). Social curation experience: Towards authentic learning in pre-service teacher training. Technology Knowledge & Learning, 26(1), 105-122.
  3. Gadot, R. & Tsybulsky, D. (2023). Digital curation as a pedagogical approach for promoting critical thinking. Journal of Science Education and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10956-022-10016-x

Chapters in books

  1. Dayan, E., Gadot, R., & Tsybulsky, D. (2023). The role of digital curation in science teacher professional development. In J. Trumble, S. Asim, J. Ellis, & D. Slykhuis (Eds.), Theoretical and Practical Teaching Strategies for K-12 Science Education in the Digital Age (pp. 172-193). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-5585-2.ch010

Refereed papers in conference proceeding

  1. Gadot R., Levin I. (2012) Digital Curation as Learning Activity. Proceedings EDULEARN. Barcelona, Spain, 6038-6045.
  2. Geri, N., Gadot, R., & Winer, A. (2013). Home and away: can online video-based learning reduce the distance. In Proceedings of the Chais conference on instructional technologies research. Raanana, Israel.
  3. Gadot, R., & Levin, I. (2014). Networked learning based on digital curation. In ECSM 2014 European Conference on Social Media (p. 635). Brighton, England.
  4. Forkosh-Baruch A. & Gadot, R. (2018). Preservice Teachers Insights from a Social Curation Experience. In INTED Proceedings of the 12th annual International Technology, Education and Development Conference. Valencia, Spain.
  5. Gadot, R., & Baruch, A. F. (2018). My Social Curation Experience: Preservice Teachers’ Learning Insights. In ECSM 2018 5th European Conference on Social Media (p. 55). Academic Conferences and publishing limited. Limerick, Ireland.
  6. Gadot, R., & Baruch, A. F. (2018). Preservice Teachers’ Practices in Social Digital Curation: Towards Authentic Learning. In EdMedia+ Innovate Learning (pp. 942-949). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Amsterdam, Netherland.
  7. Forkosh Baruch, A., Gadot, R., & Alon, L. (2019). Digital Competence among Ultra-Orthodox and Secular Higher Education Students. INTED – 13th annual International Technology, Education and Development Conference. Valencia, Spain.
  8. Forkosh Baruch, A., Alon, L., & Gadot, R. (2019). Perceived Digital Competence among Haredi and Non-Haredi Preservice Teachers. In Proceedings of the Chais conference on instructional technologies research. Raanana, Israel.
  9. Forkosh Baruch, A., Gadot, R., & Alon, L. (2019). “Each lesson was a success experience”: Lessons Learned from an Information Technologies Course for Ultra-and Non-Ultra-Orthodox Teacher Trainees. n EdMedia+ Innovate Learning (pp. 588-594). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Amsterdam, Netherland.
  10. Forkosh-Baruch, A., & Gadot, R. (2019). Education Students’ Attitudes Regarding 21st Century Skills. In Proceedings of ICERI2019 12th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation. Seville, Spain.

Contributed talks and posters 

  1. Gadot R., Levin I. (2012, March) Digital Curation as Learning Activity. Proceedings EDULEARN. Barcelona, Spain, 6038-6045. (lecture).
  2. Geri, N., Gadot, R., & Winer, A. (2013, February). Home and away: can online video-based learning reduce the distance. In Proceedings of the Chais conference on instructional technologies research. Raanana, Israel. (lecture)
  3. Gadot, R., & Levin, I. (2014, July). Networked learning based on digital curation. In ECSM 2014 European Conference on Social Media (p. 635). Brighton, England. (lecture).
  4. Forkosh-Baruch A. & Gadot, R. (2018, March). Preservice Teachers Insights from a Social Curation Experience. In INTED Proceedings of the 12th annual International Technology, Education and Development Conference. Valencia, Spain. (lecture)
  5. Gadot, R., & Baruch, A. F. (2018, June). My Social Curation Experience: Preservice Teachers’ Learning Insights. In ECSM 2018 5th European Conference on Social Media (p. 55). Academic Conferences and publishing limited. Limerick, Ireland. (lecture)
  6. Gadot, R., & Baruch, A. F. (2018, June). Preservice Teachers’ Practices in Social Digital Curation: Towards Authentic Learning. In EdMedia+ Innovate Learning (pp. 942-949). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Amsterdam, Netherland. (lecture)
  7. Forkosh Baruch, A., Gadot, R., & Alon, L. (2019). Digital Competence among Ultra-Orthodox and Secular Higher Education Students. INTED – 13th annual International Technology, Education and Development Conference. Valencia, Spain. (lecture)
  8. Forkosh Baruch, A., Alon, L., & Gadot, R. (2019). Perceived Digital Competence among Haredi and Non-Haredi Preservice Teachers. In Proceedings of the Chais conference on instructional technologies research. Raanana, Israel. (lecture)
  9. Forkosh Baruch, A., Gadot, R., & Alon, L. (2019). “Each lesson was a success experience”: Lessons Learned from an Information Technologies Course for Ultra-and Non-Ultra-Orthodox Teacher Trainees. n EdMedia+ Innovate Learning (pp. 588-594). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Amsterdam, Netherland. (lecture)
  10. Forkosh-Baruch, A., & Gadot, R. (2019, November). Education Students’ Attitudes Regarding 21st Century Skills. In Proceedings of ICERI2019 12th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation. Seville, Spain. (lecture)
  11. Gadot, R. & Tsybulsky, D. (2022). Digital curation as a pedagogical approach promoting critical thinking. NARST2022 Annual Meeting . Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. (lecture)