Rivka Gadot

Short Biography
Dr. Rivka Gadot is a faculty member in the Department of Computer Science at the Lev Academic Center, where she also heads the M.Sc. in Computer Science, with a specialization in Artificial Intelligence. From 2021 to 2023, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the Biology Education Research Group in the Technion’s Faculty of Education in Science and Technology and continues to collaborate with the faculty’s research community. Her interdisciplinary academic background spans computer science, economics, business administration, and education. Her research focuses on digital social curation, artificial intelligence in education, digital literacy, social media, and data mining.

Email: 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
  4. Gadot, R. & Tsybulsky, D. (2025). Taxonomy of digital curation activities that promote critical thinking. Smart Learning Environments, 12(17). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40561-025-00365-6
  5. Gadot, R., & Forkosh-Baruch, A. (2025). Perceptions Towards Online Learning Among Female Ultra-Orthodox Teacher Education Students. Education Sciences, 15(11), 1447. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci15111447
  6. Gadot, R., & Tsybulsky, D. (2026). Beyond Code Assistants: A Technical–Ethical–Agentic Partnership Framework for LLM Integration in Project-Based CS Education. Education Sciences, 16(9), 1402. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci16091402

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.
  11. Gadot, R., & Forkosh Baruch, A. (2021). Perceptions Towards Online Learning among Ultra-Orthodox Teacher Education Students. In Proceedings of the ATEE – International Conference of the Association for Teacher Education in Europe: Social justice, media and technology in teacher education, Florence, Italy. (lecture)
  12. Forkosh Baruch, A., & Gadot, R. (2022, June). Online Learning and Ultra-Orthodox teacher education students–do they align?. In EdMedia+ Innovate Learning (pp. 247-254). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). New York.
  13. Gadot, R. & Forkosh Baruch, A. (2023). Online learning of female Ultra-Orthodox teacher education students: implications for teacher education. In Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 2045–2050). New Orleans, LA, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).

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)