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Ina Blau, Professor

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Ina Blau
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The Open University of Israel Department of Education and Psychology 1 University Road, P. O. Box 808, Raanana 4353701
Office:Dean office: 972-9-778-1044/5 Dept. office: 972-9-778-1325 Fax:Dean Fax: 972-9-778-1046 Dept.Fax: 972-9-778-0632 Email:inabl@openu.ac.il

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Areas of Interest
  • Social aspects of e-communication
  • Learning motivation
  • Technological innovations in learning and teaching in academia and K-12
  • Mobile learning and ubiquitous interaction
  • Social networking and online privacy
  • E-collaboration and psychological ownership
  • Digital literacy competencies / 21st century skills
  • Design of digital learning materials
  • Digital learning communities

Prof. Ina Blau, Ph.D. is a Professor (Full) in the Department of Education and Psychology at the Open University of Israel. She examines the interplay between the areas of Educational Technology and Cyber-Psychology. Her research focuses on understanding of how human behavior and communication are influenced by the ubiquitous use of digital technologies, and how to use these technologies effectively to enhance learning, teaching, training and assessment processes.

Prof. Blau is the Dean of Academic Development and Learning Technologies and the Head of the Graduate Program in Education: Learning Technologies and Learning Systems at the OUI. She is also the former Head of the Research Center for Innovation in Learning Technologies. She participates in committees related to digital learning of the Council for Higher Education and is a member of the Editorial Board of the leading journal in the field - The Internet and Higher Education. She has won and led national-level research grants and received several international prizes for her publications.

Prof. Blau has published more than 60 book chapters and research articles in prestigious international journals, including Computers and Education, The Internet and Higher Education, Computer-Assisted Learning, British Journal of Educational Technology, and Computers in Human Behavior. Her publications are well-cited (see Google Scholar). Prof. Blau has supervised doctoral students and dozens of Master students, some of whom had continued to PhD studies in other universities in Israel and US.

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2010
Ph.D. - E-learning and CyberPsychology, Department of Learning, Teaching and Teacher Education, University of Haifa, Israel Dissertation: Participation in group discussions through face-to-face, chat, and audio communication modes, as influenced by participant personality and discussion topic Advisor: Prof. Azy Barak
2007
M.A. (summa cum laude) - Learning Technologies and Networks, Department of Education and Psychology, Open University of Israel Thesis: The influence of social presence on perceived learning in asynchronous text-based non-mandatory online learning forums Advisor: Dr. Avner Caspi
2002
B.A. (magna cum laude) - Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of History, Philosophy and Judaic Studies, Open University
1992
Teaching Diploma - Music, Oranim Academic College of Education
1990
B.Mus. - Musicology and Piano Performance, Odessa State Music Academy
2020-present
Full Professor, Department of Education and Psychology, The Open University of Israel
2016-2019
Associate Professor, Department of Education and Psychology, The Open University of Israel
2016
Visiting Scholar, School of Education, Digital Learning Lab, University of California, Irvine (UCI), US
2013-2016
Senior Lecturer, Department of Education and Psychology, The Open University of Israel
2015
Visiting Scholar, National Institute of Education (NIE), Learning Sciences Lab, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore
2011-2013
Lecturer (Senior Faculty), Department of Education and Psychology, The Open University of Israel
2011-2014
Lecturer (Adjunct Faculty) Department of Information and Knowledge Management, Graduate Faculty of Management, University of Haifa
2010-2011
Lecturer (Adjunct Faculty), Department of Learning, Teaching and Teacher Education, Faculty of Education, University of Haifa
2010-2011
Lecturer (Adjunct Faculty), Department of Education, Western Galilee College
2007-2011
Visiting Lecturer (Adjunct Faculty), Department of Education and Psychology, The Open University of Israel

2018-present Approaches in Curriculum and Assessment  (M.A. course), Open University - academic supervision

2018-present Alternatives in Assessing Achievement (M.A. course), Open University - academic supervision

2018-present Benefits from Evaluation Findings (M.A. course), Open University - academic supervision

2018-present Qualitative Research in Education (M.A. course), Open University - academic supervision

2016-present Thesis in Education Seminar 2

2016-present Thesis in Education Seminar 1

2012-present Curriculum Development and Implementation (M.A. course), Open University - academic supervision

2012-present From Information to Knowledge: From Information Searching to Knowledge Construction (M.A. course), Open University - academic supervision

2012-present Learning and Education in the Information Society (M.A. course), Open University - academic supervision 

2011-present  Advanced Quantitative Methods (M.A.), University of Haifa 

2011- present  Quantitative Methods (M.A.), University of Haifa 

2011 Introduction to Psychology , Open University

2011 Qualitative Methods (M.A.), University of Haifa

2010-2011 Computers in Special Education, Western Galilee College

2010-2011 Introduction to Information Technologies, Western Galilee College

2009-2011 Theories of Learning and Instruction (M.A.), Open University

2008-2011 Varieties of Learning Technology: Principles and Applications (M.A.), Open University

2010 Statistics (M.A.), University of Haifa

2009 Sociology of Education: Selected Issues, Open University

2008-2009 Integrating Learning Technologies in Various Disciplines (M.A. seminar), Open University

2007-2009 Technology and Learning (M.A.), Open University

2021
Lifetime Academic Achievement Award, International Institute for Applied Knowledge Management-IIAKM
2019, 2020
Best research idea award, International Institute for Applied Knowledge Management-IIAKM
2018
Fellow and Distinguished Scholar award, International Institute for Applied Knowledge Management-IIAKM
2017
Best research paper award, International Institute for Applied Knowledge Management-IIAKM
2008, 2009
PhD candidates' scholarship, Advanced Studies Authority, University of Haifa
2009
Intr. Conference participation award, University of Haifa, Advanced Studies Authority
2008, 2009
Publication award, Advanced Studies Authority, University of Haifa
2006, 2007
University president's scholarship for excellence, Open University
2021-present
Dean, Academic Development and Learning Technologies
2019-present
Head, Graduate Program in Education: Learning Technologies and Systems, The Open University of Israel
2018-2021
Head, Research Center for Innovation in Learning Technologies, The Open University of Israel
2017-2019
Head, Disciplinary Committee, The Open University of Israel
2016-2017
Chair, Social Sciences Subcommittee, The Open University of Israel
2016-present
Member, The Open University of Israel Senate
2014-present
Board member, Research Center for Innovation in Learning Technologies, The Open University of Israel
2016-present
Member, Digital Learning committee, the Council for Higher Education 
2016-present
Member, Innovative Pedagogy committee, the Council for Higher Education
2016-2017
Chair, Social Sciences Subcommittee, The Open University of Israel
2014, 2015, 2016
Acting Head, Graduate Program in Education: Educational Technologies track and Learning Systems track
2015
Acting Head, Research Center for Innovation in Learning Technologies, The Open University of Israel
2012-present
Coordinator, Final Exam for M.A. in Educational Technologies
2011-present
Coordinator, Final Exam for M.A. in Learning Systems
2011-present
Member, The Open University of Israel Faculty Council
2011-present
Member, Social Sciences subcommittee, The Open University of Israel
2011-present
Member, Education and Psychology subcommittee, The Open University of Israel
2013-present
Member, EARLI - European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction
2012-present
Member, The Informing Science Institute
2007-present
Member, Research Center for Innovation in Learning Technologies / Chais Research Center for the Integration of Technolgy in Education, The Open University of Israel

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Shamir-Inbal, T. & Blau, I. (2020). "Student Voice" in the academia: How design of technology-integrated teaching, learning, and assessment encourages listening to students voice? In A. Cohen, G. Ravid, R. Blonder, A. Forkush-Baruch, H. Meishar-Tal, M. Shenfeld, E. Shmueli (Eds.), Learning technologies in the Israeli higher education. MEITAL academic press.

Blau, I. (2019). Real-Time Mobile Assessment of Learning: Insights from an Experiment with Middle School Students from Remedial, Midstream, and Excellence Tracks. In Mobile Technologies in Educational Organizations (pp. 283-301). IGI Global.

Blau, I. (2013). E-collaboration within, between, and without institutions: Towards better functioning of online groups through networks. In N. Kock (Ed.), Interdisciplinary Applications of Electronic Collaboration and Technologies (Ch. 13, pp. 188-203). Texas A&M International University, USA: IGI Global Publishing. 

Blau, I., & Barak, A. (2011). Optimization of e-learning: The contribution of personality traits. In D. Hen, & G. Kurtz (Eds.), Integration of informational technologies into Israeli education systems (pp. 61-84). Or Yehuda: Center for Academic Studies [in Hebrew].

Blau, I., & Caspi, A. (2010). Studying invisibly: Media naturalness and learning. In N. Kock (Ed.), Evolutionary psychology and information systems research: A new approach to studying the effects of modern technologies on human behavior (pp. 193-216). New-York: Springer. 

Blau, I. & Shamir-Inbal, T. (2021). Writing private and shared annotations and lurking in Annoto  hyper-video in academia: Insights from learning analytics, content analysis, and interviews with lecturers and students. Educational Technology Research and Development. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-021-09984-5.

Yondler, Y. & Blau, I. (2021). What is The Degree of Teacher Centrality in Optimal Teaching of Digital Literacy in a Technology-Enhanced Environment? Typology of Teacher Prototypes. Journal of Research on Technology in Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/15391523.2021.1950084.

Kesler, A., Shamir-Inbal, T., & Blau, I. (2021). Active learning by visual programming: Pedagogical perspectives of instructivist and constructivist code teachers and their implications on actual teaching strategies and students’ programming artifacts. Journal of Educational Computing Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/07356331211017793.

Weisberger, M., Grinshtein, Y., & Blau, I. (2021). How do technological changes in formal education shape the social roles of teachers who are mothers? Teaching and Teacher Education. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2021.103344.

Shamir-Inbal, T. & Blau, I. (2021). Characteristics of pedagogical change in integrating digital collaborative learning and their sustainability in a school culture: e-CSAMR framework. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcal.12526.

Shamir-Inbal, T. & Blau, I. (2021). Facilitating emergency remote K-12 teaching in computing-enhanced virtual learning environments during COVID-19 pandemic: Blessing or curse? Journal of Educational Computing Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/0735633121992781.

Blau, I., Shamir-Inbal, T., & Avdiel, O. (2020). How does the pedagogical design of a technology-enhanced collaborative academic course promote digital literacies, self-regulation, and perceived learning of students?. The Internet and Higher Education, 45, 100722. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iheduc.2019.100722.

Hadad, S., Meishar-Tal, H., & Blau, I. (2020). The parents' tale: Why parents resist the educational use of smartphones at schools? Computers and Education, 157, 103984. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2020.103984.

Blau, I., Goldberg, S., Friedman, A., & Eshet-Alkalai, Y. (2020). Violation of digital and analog academic integrity through the eyes of faculty members and students: Do institutional role and technology change ethical perspectives? Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 1-31. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12528-020-09260-0.

Blau, I., Shamir-Inbal, T. & Hadad, S. (2020). Digital collaborative learning in elementary and middle schools as a function of individualistic and collectivistic culture: The role of ICT coordinators’ leadership experience, students’ collaboration skills, and sustainability. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning. 36(5), 672-687.

Heng, M.A., Fulmer, G. W., Blau, I., & Pereira, A. (2020). Youth purpose, meaning in life, social support and life satisfaction among adolescents in Singapore and Israel. Journal of Educational Change, 21, 299-322. 

Hadad, S., Shamir-Inbal, T., Blau, I., Leykin, E. (2020). Professional development of code and robotics teachers through Small Private Online Course (SPOC): Teacher centrality and pedagogical strategies to promote computational thinking of students. Journal of Educational Computing Research, https://doi.org/10.1177/0735633120973432.

Kasperski, R., & Blau, I. (2020). Social capital in high-schools: teacher-student relationships within an online social network and their association with in-class interactions and learning. Interactive Learning Environments, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/10494820.2020.1815220.

Avidov-Ungar, O., Shamir-Inbal, T. & Blau, I. (2020). Typology of digital leadership roles tasked with integrating new technologies into teaching: Insights from metaphor analysis. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/15391523.2020.1809035.

Shamir-Inbal, T. & Blau, I. (2020). Micro-learning in designing professional development for ICT teacher leaders: The role of self-regulation and perceived learning. Professional Development in Education, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/19415257.2020.1763434.

Etgar, S., Blau, I., & Eshet-Alakalai, Y. (2019). White-collar Crime in Academia: Trends in Digital Academic Dishonesty over Time and Their Effect on Penalty Severity. Computers and Education, 141, 103621. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2019.103621.       

Sidi, Y., Blau, I., & Eshet-Alkalai, Y. (2019). How is the ethical dissonance index affected by technology, academic dishonesty type and individual differences? British Journal of Educational Technology, 50(6), 3300-3314. 

Blau, I., & Shamir-Inbal, T. (2018). Digital technologies for promoting “student voice” and co-creating learning experience in an academic course​. Instructional Science, 46(2), 315-336. 

Blau, I., Goldberg, S., & Benolol, N. (2018). Purpose and life satisfaction during adolescence: The role of meaning in life, social support, and problematic digital use. Journal of Youth Studies, 22(7), 907-925. . 

Porat, E., Blau, I., & Barak, A. (2018). Measuring digital literacies: Junior high-school students' perceived competencies versus actual performance. Computers and Education, 126, 23-36. 

Blau, I., Grinberg, R., & Shamir-Inbal, T. (2018). Pedagogical Perspectives and Practices Reflected in Metaphors of Learning and Digital Learning of ICT Leaders​. Computers in the Schools, 35(1), 32-44. 

Weiser, O., Blau, I., & Eshet-Alkalai, Y. (2018). How do medium naturalness, teaching-learning interactions and Students' personality traits affect participation in synchronous E-learning?​. The Internet and Higher Education 37, 40-51.

Heng, M. A., Blau, I., Fulmer, G. W., Bi, X., & Pereira, A. (2017). Adolescents finding purpose: Comparing purpose and life satisfaction in the context of Singaporean and Israeli moral education​. Journal of Moral Education, 46(3), 308-322. 

Blau, I., & Shamir-Inbal, T. (2017). Digital competences and long-term ICT integration in school culture: The perspective of elementary school leaders. Education and Information Technologies, 22(3), 769-787.

Blau, I., & Shamir-Inbal, T. (2017). Re-designed flipped learning model in an academic course: The role of co-creation and co-regulation. Computers & Education, 115, 69-81. 

Shamir-Inbal, T., & Blau, I. (2017). Which pedagogical parameters predict the general quality of ICT integration from the perspective of elementary school leaders?. Computers in the Schools, 34(3), 168-191.

Blau, I., & Hameiri, M. (2017). Ubiquitous mobile educational data management by teachers, students and parents: Does technology change school-family communication and parental involvement?​. Education and Information Technologies, 22(3), 1231-1247.

Blau, I., Weiser, O., & Eshet-Alkalai, Y. (2017). How do medium naturalness and personality traits shape academic achievement and perceived learning? An experimental study of face-to-face and synchronous e-learning. Research in Learning Technology, 25, 1974. https://doi.org/10.25304/rlt.v25.1974.

Geri, N., Blau, I., Caspi, A., Kalman, Y., Silber-Varod, V., & Eshet-Alkalai, Y. (2017). Beyond the Walls of the Classroom: Introduction to the IJELL Special Series of Chais Conference 2017 Best Papers. Interdisciplinary Journal of E-Learning and Learning Objects, 13(1), 143-150. 

Silber-Varod, V., Blau, I., & Lis-Hacohen, R. (2017). Gender in Shared Navigation: Men to Mars, women to Venus?. Journal of Computer Information Systems, 59(2), 171-177.

Blau, I. & Eshet-Alkalai, Y. (2017). The ethical dissonance in digital and non-digital learning environments: Does technology promotes cheating among middle school students? Computers in Human Behavior 73, 629-637 . 

Geri, N., Blau, I., Caspi, A., Kalman, Y. M., Silber-Varod, V., & Eshet-Alkalai, Y. (2016). Introduction to the IJELL special series of Chais conference 2016 best papers​. Interdisciplinary Journal of e-Skills and Life Long Learning​, 12, 163-168. ​

Blau, I. & Benolol, N. (2016). Can designing self-representations through creative computing promote an incremental view of intelligence and enhance creativity among at-risk youth? Interdisciplinary Journal of e-Skills and Lifelong Learning - IJELL, 12, 267-278. 

Shamir-Inbal, T. & Blau, I. (2016). Developing Digital Wisdom by students and teachers: The impact of integrating tablet computers on learning and pedagogy in an elementary school. Journal of Educational Computing Research. 54(7), 967-996. 

Blau, I. & Shamir-Inbal, T. (2016). Digital competences and long-term ICT integration in school culture: The perspective of elementary school leaders. Education and Information Technologies, 1-19. DOI: 10.1007/s10639-015-9456-7.

Friedman, A., Blau, I., & Eshet-Alkalai, Y. (2016). Cheating and feeling honest: Committing and punishing analog versus digital academic dishonesty behaviors in higher education. Interdisciplinary Journal of e-Skills and Lifelong Learning - IJELL, 12, 193-205. 

Blau, I., Peled, Y., & Nusan, A (2016). Technological, pedagogical and content knowledge in one-to-one classroom: Teachers developing "digital wisdom". Interactive learning Environments. 24(6), 1215-1230. DOI: 10.1080/10494820.2014.978792. 

Geri, N., Blau, I., Caspi, A. Kalman, Y.M., Silber-Varod, V.,& Eshet-Alkalai, Y. (2015). A decade of Chais conference: Introduction to the IJELL Special Series of Chais conference 2015 best papers. Interdisciplinary Journal of e-Skills and Lifelong Learning - IJELL, 11,149-157. 

Peled, Y., Blau, I., & Grinberg, R. (2015). Does 1:1 computing in a junior high-school change the pedagogical perspectives of teachers and their educational discourse? Interdisciplinary Journal of e-Skills and Lifelong Learning - IJELL, 11, 257-271.  

Blau, I. (2014).Comparing online opportunities and risks among Israeli children and youth Hebrew and Arabic speakers, New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia 20(4), 281-299, DOI: 10.1080/13614568.2014.972993. 

Barzilai, S., & Blau, I. (2014). Scaffolding game-based learning: Impact on learning achievements, perceived learning, and game experiences. Computers & Education, 70, 65-79.

Blau, I. & Presser, O. (2013). e-Leadership of school principals: Increasing school effectiveness by a school data management system. British Journal of Educational Technology, 44(6), 1000-1011.

Blau, I., Mor, N., & Neuthal, T. (2013). Interacting for learning: Digital portfolios for a learning community in a university course. Learning, Media and Technology, 38(3), 241-255. 

Blau, I., & Peled, Y. (2012). Teachers' openness to change and attitudes towards ICT: Comparison of Laptop per Teacher and Laptop per Student programs. Interdisciplinary Journal of E-Learning and Learning Objects, 8, 73-82. 

Blau, I., & Barak, A. (2012). How do personality, synchronous media, and discussion topic affect participation? Educational Technology & Society, 15(2), 12-24. 

Blau, I., & Hameiri, M. (2012). Teachers-families online interactions and gender differences in parental involvement through school data system: Do mothers want to know more than fathers about their children? Computers & Education, 59, 701-709. 

Blau, I., & Hameiri, M. (2012). Teachers, students, and parents in the integration of technological change: The Mashov Learning Management System. Dapim 54, 105-138. [in Hebrew]. 

Blau, I., & Neuthal, T. (2012). Tweeting educational technology: A tale of professional community of practice. International Journal Cyber-Society and Education - IJCSE, 5(1), 75-80.

Blau, I., & Neuthal, T. (2012). Twitter as a platform for an Israeli community of Information Science professionals. Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology, 9, 177-186. 

Blau, I. (2012). The silent revolution: Promoting 21th century pedagogy by implementing Interactive Whiteboards in education system. Journal of Theory and Research Ma'of u Ma'ase: Teaching and Learning in the Internet Era, 14, 139-156. [in Hebrew]. 

Gorsky, P., Caspi, A., & Blau, I. (2012). A comparison of non-mandatory online dialogic behavior in two Higher Education blended environments. Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks - JALN, 16(4), 55-70. 

Gorsky, P., Caspi, A., Blau, I., Vine. Y., & Billet, A. (2012). Toward a CoI population parameter: The impact of unit (sentence vs. message) on the results of quantitative content analysis. International Review of Research on Distance Learning, 13, 17-37. 

Blau, I. (2011). Application use, online relationship types, self-disclosure, and Internet abuse, among children and youth: Implication for education and Internet safety programs. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 45, 95-116. 

Blau, I. (2011). Teachers for "Smart classrooms": The extent of implementing of an Interactive Whiteboard-based professional development program on elementary teachers' instructional practices. Interdisciplinary Journal of E-Learning and Learning Objects, 7, 275-289.

Blau, I. (2011). E-collaboration within, between, and without institutions: Towards better functioning of online groups through networks. International Journal of e-Collaboration, 7, 22-36. 

Caspi, A., & Blau, I. (2011). Media choice for intra-school communication: The role of environment, user, and medium. Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 20(4), 337-360. 

Caspi, A., & Blau, I. (2011). Collaboration and psychological ownership: How does the tension between the two influence perceived learning? Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 14, 283-298. 

Blau, I., & Hameiri, M. (2010). Implementing technological change at schools: The impact of online communication with families on teacher interactions through Learning Management System. Interdisciplinary Journal of E-Learning and Learning Objects, 6, 245-257.  

Gorsky, P., Caspi, A., Antonovsky, A., Blau, I., & Mansur, A. (2010). The relationship between academic discipline and dialogic behavior in Open University course forums. The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 11, 49-72. 

Blau, I., Mor, N., & Neuthal, T. (2009). Open the windows of communication: Promoting interpersonal and group interactions using blogs in higher education. Interdisciplinary Journal of E-Learning and Learning Objects, 5, 233-246. 

Gorsky, P., & Blau, I. (2009). Online teaching effectiveness: A tale of two instructors. The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 10(3), 1-27. https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v10i3.712.

Zuckerman, O., Blau, I., & Monroy-Hernández, A. (2009). Children's participation patterns in online communities: An analysis of Israeli learners in the Scratch online community. Interdisciplinary Journal of E-Learning and Learning Objects, 5, 263-274. 

Caspi, A., & Blau, I. (2008). Social presence in online discussion groups: Testing three conceptions and their relations to perceived learning. Social Psychology of Education, 11, 323-346. 

Hadad, S., Shamir-Inbal, T., & Blau, I. (2021). Teacher as a Designer, Coordinator as a Supporter: The Role of Teachers and ICT Coordinators in Emergency Remote Teaching, ERT, during the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown. In Learning in the Digital Era (pp. 61-68). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel.

Weisberger, M., Grinshtain, Y., & Blau, I. (2021). Technological Changes in the Teaching Profession as Shaping the Social Roles of Mothers – Teachers. In Learning in the Digital Era (pp. 43-52). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel.

Hadad, S., Shamir-Inbal, T., Blau, I., & Leykin, E. (2021). Distance Teacher Training: Small Private Online Course (SPOC) for Teacher Professional Development (TPD) in Educational Coding and Robotics (ECR) - Benefits and Challenges. In Learning in the Digital Era (pp. 53-60). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel.

Shamir-Inbal, T. & Blau, I. (2021). Facilitating Emergency Remote Teaching during COVID-19 Pandemic. In Learning in the Digital Era (pp. 162-172). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel.

Hadad, S., Shamir-Inbal, T., & Blau, I. (2021). What Predicts Authentic Teaching During the COVID-19 Lockdown? Emergency Remote Teaching Strategies among Elementary and Middle School Teachers in Hebrew-speaking and Arabic-speaking Sectors. In Learning in the Digital Era (pp. 187-194). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel.

Kesler, A., Shamir-Inbal, T., & Blau, I. (2020). Age or policy: What are the implications of students' age, teaching goals, and type of assessment on the quality of visual programming artifacts in elementary and middle schools? In I. Blau, A. Caspi, Y. Eshet-Alkalai, N. Geri, Y. Kalman, S. Etgar, & T. Lauterman, (Eds.), Learning in the Digital Era (pp. 122-132). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel.

Blau, I., Goldberg, S., & Heng, M.A. (2019). Predicting life satisfaction among adolescents: The role of purpose in life, compulsive use of digital environments and social support. In Proceedings of the European Conference on Educational Research – ECER2019. Hamburg, Germany. 

Weisberger, M., Grinshtain, Y., Blau, I. (2019). Teachers-mothers perceptions of the changes in the teaching profession as shaping teaching, motherhood and work-family conflict In Proceedings of the European Conference on Educational Research – ECER2019. Hamburg, Germany.

Blau, I. & Shamir-Inbal, T. (2019). Hyper-video annotations: Learning analytics, content analysis, and lecturers and students' interviews. In Proceedings of the 18th Biennial EARLI 2019 Conference for Research on Learning and Instruction. Aachen, Germany.

Kesler, A., Blau, I., & Shamir-Inbal. T. (2019). Innovation begins outside teachers' comfort zone: Scratch visual programing to promote pedagogy - a tale of code teachers. In Proceedings of the 12th Annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation – ICERI. Seville, Spain.

Blau, I., Porat, E., & Barak, A. (2019). Digital literacy and gender: Similar actual performance but under-estimation of literacies by female middle-school students. In Proceedings of AERA 2019 Annual Meeting:  Leveraging education research in a "post-truth" era: Multimodal narratives to democratize evidence. Toronto, Canada.

Sidi, Y., Blau, I., & Shamir-Inbal, T. (2019). Mapping Active and Collaborative Learning through Annotations in Hyper-Video in Higher Education by Learning Analytics. In Proceedings of AERA 2019 Annual Meeting:  Leveraging education research in a "post-truth" era: Multimodal narratives to democratize evidence. Toronto, Canada.

Hadad, S., Meishar-Tal, H., & Blau, I. (2019). Factors affecting parental resistance to the use of smartphones for learning purposes at schools. In Proceedings of the 15th international Conference on Mobile Learning - ML2019. Utrecht, The Netherlands. 

Kalman, Y., & Blau, I. (2019). A Novel Writing Analytics Approach to Study Multiple Information Sources Integration by Students. In Proceedings of the 9th International Learning Analytics & Knowledge conference - LAK 2019. Tempe, Arizona.

Malka, A., Blau, I., Shamir-Inbal, T. (2019). Teaching digital literacy in the education system: The gap between interviews and observations, and between perspectives and performance. In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, I. Blau, A. Caspi,  N. Geri, Y. Kalman, &  S. Etgar (Eds.), Learning in the technological era (pp. 57-66). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel.

Hadad, S., Meishar-Tal, H., & Blau, I. (2019). Which factors affect parental resistance to using smartphones as a learning tool at schools? In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, I. Blau, A. Caspi, N. Geri, Y. Kalman, & V. Silber-Varod, (Eds.), Learning in the technological era (pp. 31-40). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel.

Kesler, A., Shamir-Inbal, T., & Blau, I. (2019). To compute or to create? This is the question! Examining creative programming artifacts on the Scratch platform in relation to pedagogical perspectives of code and robotics' teachers. In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, I. Blau, A. Caspi, N. Geri, Y. Kalman, & V. Silber-Varod, (Eds.), Learning in the technological era (pp. 92-100). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel.

Sidi, Y., Blau, I., & Eshet-Alkalai, Y. (2018). Ethical dissonance: What affects digital and analog academic dishonesty of Israeli school students? In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, I. Blau, A. Caspi,  N. Geri, Y. Kalman, &  V. Silber-Varod, (Eds.), Learning in the technological era (pp. 113-120). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel.

Hadad, S., Meishar-Tal, H., & Blau, I. (2018). Health, cost, society or pedagogy? Rejection factors and parents' resistance to use smartphones in learning processes. In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, I. Blau, A. Caspi, N. Geri, Y. Kalman, & V. Silber-Varod, (Eds.), Learning in the technological era (pp. 203-209). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel.

Avdiel, O., Shamir-Inbal, T., & Blau, I. (2018). Distant immediacy: Online collaborative learning to promote listening to student voice, self-regulated learning and students' perceived learning in an academic course. In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, I. Blau, A. Caspi, N. Geri, Y. Kalman, & V. Silber-Varod, (Eds.), Learning in the technological era (pp. 121-129). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel.

Kesler, A., Shamir-Inbal, T., & Blau, I. (2018). Who is teaching creative computing? Teaching strategies of code and robotics' teachers as reflecting instructivist and constructivist pedagogy. In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, I. Blau, A. Caspi, N. Geri, Y. Kalman, & V. Silber-Varod, (Eds.), Learning in the technological era (pp. 147-157). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel.

Yondler, Y., Moyal, M., Malka, A., Blau, I., Ben-Yehudah, G., Eshet-Alkalai, Y., Shamir-Inbal, T. (2018). The “Four Sons”: Prototypes and models of optimal teaching of digital literacy skills. In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, I. Blau, A. Caspi, N. Geri, Y. Kalman, & V. Silber-Varod, (Eds.), Learning in the technological era (pp. 71-84). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel.

Shamir-Inbal, T., Blau, I., & Yarkoni, R. (2018). Between active and passive, personal and collaborative: Insights from interviews with lecturers and students on active learning in higher education through annotations in the "Annoto" hyper-video environment. In Proceedings of the 18th Annual MEITAL National Conference 2018: New technologies and in teaching and learning in higher education. Jerusalem, Israel: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 

Loubaton, T., Shamir-Inbal, T., & Blau, I. (2018). Online self-regulated learning in professional development of ICT leaders. In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, I. Blau, A. Caspi, N. Geri, Y. Kalman, & V. Silber-Varod, (Eds.), Learning in the technological era (pp. 93-104). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel.

Blau, I., Shamir-Inbal, T., & Yarkoni, R. (2018). Private and shared annotations in Annoto: Insights about active participation and lurking from content analysis and learning analytics of hyper-video environment in academia. In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, I. Blau, A. Caspi, N. Geri, Y. Kalman, & V. Silber-Varod, (Eds.), Learning in the technological era (pp. 22-33). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel.

Blau, I., Eshet-Alkalai, Y., & Friedman, A. (2017). Close Educational Gap by Cheating? Comparing Faculty, Majority and Minority Students' Perceptions of Academic Dishonesty. In Proceedings of EdMedia 2017: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology (pp. 118-122). Washington DC, USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).

Blau, I., Goldberg, S., & Benolol, N. (2017). Do Purpose in Life, Social Support and Digital Use Contribute to Adolescents’ Life Satisfaction? Paper presented at the 17th Biennial EARLI 2017 Conference for Research on Learning and Instruction. Tampere, Finland.

Shamir-Inbal, T. & Blau, I. (2017). Promoting digital wisdom through involvement of students in pedagogical design of an academic course. Paper presented at the 17th Biennial EARLI 2017 Conference for Research on Learning and Instruction. Tampere, Finland.

Grinberg, R., Shamir-Inbal, T., & Blau, I. (2017). Metaphors of Learning and of Digital Learning: The Insights of School ICT Leaders. In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, I. Blau, A. Caspi,  N. Geri, Y. Kalman, &  V. Silber-Varod, (Eds.), Learning in the technological era (pp. 91-98). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel.

Houminer, D., Blau, I., & Eshet-Alkalai, Y. (2017). Developing Digital Literacy Skills from the Perspective of Teachers and Students: Preliminary Results. In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, I. Blau, A. Caspi,  N. Geri, Y. Kalman, &  V. Silber-Varod, (Eds.), Learning in the technological era (pp. 237-238). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel.

Porat, E., Blau, I. & Barak, A. (2017). Digital literacy of school students – Self-report versus actual performance. In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, I. Blau, A. Caspi,  N. Geri, Y. Kalman, &  V. Silber-Varod, (Eds.), Learning in the technological era (pp. 160-173). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel.

Rosmarin, T., Shamir-Inbal, T., & Blau, I. (2017). What are the Implications of Integrating One-to-one Computing with Network Laptops (Chromebooks) on Students' Digital Literacy Skills? In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, I. Blau, A. Caspi,  N. Geri, Y. Kalman, &  V. Silber-Varod, (Eds.), Learning in the technological era (pp. 201-210). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel.

Shamir-Inbal, T. & Blau, I. (2017). Promoting digital wisdom through partnership of students in pedagogical design of an academic course. In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, I. Blau, A. Caspi,  N. Geri, Y. Kalman, &  V. Silber-Varod, (Eds.), Learning in the technological era (pp. 211-218). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel.

Shamir-Inbal, T. & Blau, I. (2017). Promoting digital wisdom through student involvement in the pedagogical design of an academic course. In Proceedings of the sixth conference "Initiatives to Promote Learning in Higher Education" (p. 22). Karmiel, Israel: Ort Braude College of Engineering.

Kalman, Y. & Blau, I. (2017). The implications of a national high-stakes MOOC on the business models of academic institutions, and on their faculty and students. In Proceedings of the EDEN2017 Annual Conference. European Distance and E-learning Network – EDEN: Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden.

Silber-Varod, V., Blau, I., & Lis-Hacohen, R. (2017). Gender differences in the motives of drivers using Waze application for shared navigation. In Proceedings of the KM Conference 2017. Novo Mesto, Slovenia: The International Institute for Applied Knowledge Management.

Avdiel, O., Shamir-Inbal, T., & Blau, I. (2017). Developing digital literacy skills, promoting online collaboration and coping with the sense of ownership in learning in academia. Presented at the 15th Annual National Conference of MEITAL "Technology-Enhanced Learning and Teaching in Higher Education: Directions and Trends". Haifa, Israel: University of Haifa.

Rosenfeld, T., Barzilai, S., & Blau, I. (2016). Scaffolding Game-based Learning at School: Bridging Formal and Informal Knowledge Representations. Paper presented at the 9th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation - ICERI2016. Seville, Spain. November, 2016.

Friedman, A., Blau, I., & Eshet-Alkalai, Y. (2016). How and why students cheat? The role of technology in academic dishonesty and the penalties for conducting academic dishonesty. In Proceedings of the 8th Annual International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies EDULEARN2016. Barcelona, Spain.

Shamir-Inbal, T. & Blau, I. (2016). Digital literacy skills and the challenge of collaborative culture in higher education: From individual psychological ownership to co-ownership. In Proceedings of the 8th Annual International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies EDULEARN2016 (pp. 9012-9013). Barcelona, Spain.

Rotem, I., Blau, I., & Eshet-Alkalai, Y. (2016). Academic dishonesty in the digital era: Perceptions and coping strategies of school teachers and parents. In Proceedings of the Global conference on Learning and Technology - GlobalLearn2016. Limerick, Ireland.

Blau, I., & Eshet-Alkalai, Y. (2016). Cheating and e-cheating: Predictors of digital academic dishonesty among school students - the role of ethics.  In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, I. Blau, A. Caspi,  N. Geri, Y. Kalman, &  V. Silber-Varod, (Eds.), Learning in the technological era (pp.32-43). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel. [in Hebrew].

Benolol, N. & Blau, I. (2016). Can I become smarter? Creative computing and changing Implicit theories of Intelligence among at-risk youth and normative students. In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, I. Blau, A. Caspi,  N. Geri, Y. Kalman, &  V. Silber-Varod, (Eds.), Learning in the technological era (pp.44-51). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel. [in Hebrew].

Friedman, A., Blau, I., & Eshet-Alkalai, Y. (2016). Digital and analog dishonesty in the academia: Prevalence, motivations, and penalties. In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, I. Blau, A. Caspi,  N. Geri, Y. Kalman, &  V. Silber-Varod, (Eds.), Learning in the technological era (pp.182-190). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel. [in Hebrew].

Mekamel, L. & Blau, I. (2016). How mentoring social network can become an assistive technology for students with communication disabilities and students with intellectual impairements? In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, I. Blau, A. Caspi,  N. Geri, Y. Kalman, &  V. Silber-Varod, (Eds.), Learning in the technological era (pp.156-165). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel. [in Hebrew].

Nahra, A., Blau, I., & Rafaeli, S. (2016). Violent digital games: The gamers' perspective. In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, I. Blau, A. Caspi,  N. Geri, Y. Kalman, &  V. Silber-Varod, (Eds.), Learning in the technological era (pp.166-173). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel. [in Hebrew].

Rotem, I., Blau, I., & Eshet-Alkalai, Y. (2016). Academic dishonesty in the Israeli public school system: Teachers' and parents' perspectives. In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, I. Blau, A. Caspi,  N. Geri, Y. Kalman, &  V. Silber-Varod, (Eds.), Learning in the technological era (pp.198-207). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel. [in Hebrew].

Shamir-Inbal, T. & Blau, I. (2016). "Flipped classroom" at the Open University? Self-regulated individual and collaborative learning in an academic course. In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, I. Blau, A. Caspi,  N. Geri, Y. Kalman, &  V. Silber-Varod, (Eds.), Learning in the technological era (pp.226-233). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel. [in Hebrew].

Weiser, O., Blau, I., & Eshet-Alkalai, Y. (2016). Face-to-face, one-way and two-way synchoronous videoconference learning: The role of teaching-learning strategies, personality traits and media naturalness.  In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, I. Blau, A. Caspi,  N. Geri, Y. Kalman, &  V. Silber-Varod, (Eds.), Learning in the technological era (pp.91-100). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel. [in Hebrew].

Blau, I. & Peled, Y. (2015). Comparing perceived learning and visualizing-verbalizing learning styles of middle-school students in one-to-one versus one-to-many laptop models. In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, I. Blau, A. Caspi,  N. Geri, Y. Kalman, &  V. Silber-Varod, (Eds.), Learning in the technological era (pp.45-50). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel. [in Hebrew].

Rozenfeld, T., Barzilai, S., & Blau, I. (2015). Scaffolding Digital Game-Based Learning at School: Relationships Among Learning Achievements, Perceived Learning, and Game Experiences.  In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, I. Blau, A. Caspi,  N. Geri, Y. Kalman, & V. Silber-Varod (Eds.), Learning in the technological era (pp. 185-194). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel. [in Hebrew].

Peled, Y., Blau, I., & Grinberg, R. (2015). Implications of the one-to-one learning model on teachers’ pedagogical perceptions and educational discourse in the classroom. In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, I. Blau, A. Caspi,  N. Geri, Y. Kalman, & V. Silber-Varod (Eds.), Learning in the technological era (pp. 155-160). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel. [in Hebrew].

Blau, I. & Eshet-Alkalai, Y. (2014). Inappropriate but common: The perception of academic dishonesty in print and digital formats among school students. In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, A. Caspi,  N. Geri, Y. Kalman,  V. Silber-Varod, & Y. Yair (Eds.), Learning in the technological era (pp. 18-28). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel. [in Hebrew].

Nahra, A., Blau, I., & Rafaeli, S. (2014). Cooperative or competitive? Positive and negative consequences of the interaction between gamers aggression baseline and game characteristics. In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, A. Caspi,  N. Geri, Y. Kalman,  V. Silber-Varod, & Y. Yair (Eds.), Learning in the technological era (pp. 129-136). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel. [in Hebrew].

Blau, I. & Dror, Y. (2013). Comparing formal and informal learning by digital technologies: Representative survey of Israeli youth. In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, A. Caspi, S. Eden, N. Geri, & Y. Yair (Eds.), Learning in the technological era (pp. 34-42). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel. [in Hebrew].

Barzel-Rubin, A. & Blau, I. (2013). "Clickers" assisting learning disabilities, Interactive Whiteboards empowering excellence: Technology Contribution to students at different academic levels. In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, A. Caspi, S. Eden, N. Geri, & Y. Yair (Eds.), Learning in the technological era (pp. 43-52). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel. [in Hebrew].

Nusan, A., Blau, I., & Peled, Y. (2013). From one-to-many to one-to-one: Promoting "digital wisdom" and technological pedagogical and content knowledge in one laptop per student and teacher program. In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, A. Caspi, S. Eden, N. Geri, & Y. Yair (Eds.), Learning in the technological era (pp. 143-148). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel. [in Hebrew].

Shamir-Inbal, T. & Blau, I. (2013). Tablets in elementary school: Is the technology ready for pedagogical innovation? In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, A. Caspi, S. Eden, N. Geri, & Y. Yair (Eds.), Learning in the technological era (pp. 208-215). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel. [in Hebrew]. Related article in Globes. 

Blau, I., & Neutal, T. (2012). Marketers in Social Media: Disseminating Information through a Twitter Professional Community of Practice. In Proceedings of the ILAIS 2012 conference. Haifa, Israel: University of Haifa. 

Blau, I., & Hameiri, M. (2012). Smartphones in school - is it really the next generation? Mobile pedagogical management by teachers and families. In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, A. Caspi, S. Eden, N. Geri, & Y. Yair (Eds.), Learning in the technological era (pp. 17-24). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel. [in Hebrew]. Related  article in Ynet. 

Blau, I., & Neuthal, T. (2012). Mirror, mirror on the wall, who has an influential Twitter haul? In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, A. Caspi, S. Eden, N. Geri, & Y. Yair (Eds.), Learning in the technological era (pp. 25-34). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel. [in Hebrew]

Blau, I., & Peled, Y. (2012). Are teachers open to change? Laptop per teacher, laptop per student - preliminary results from a comparative study. In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, A. Caspi, S. Eden, N. Geri, & Y. Yair (Eds.), Learning in the technological era (pp. 35-44). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel. [in Hebrew]. Related article in Mahshevim Be-Hinuh.

Feldman, H. & Blau, I. (2012). Homeroom teachers navigating effectively their classes through the Mashov - a pedagogical management system. In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, A. Caspi, S. Eden, N. Geri, & Y. Yair (Eds.), Learning in the technological era (pp. 222-229). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel. [in Hebrew]

Hoshcover, D., & Blau, I. (2012). Interactive Whiteboards versus projectors in elementary classrooms: Higher involvement, higher achievement. In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, A. Caspi, S. Eden, N. Geri, & Y. Yair (Eds.), Learning in the technological era (pp.122-130). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel. [in Hebrew]

Presser, O., & Blau, I. (2012). Increasing school effectiveness by pedagogical management system - the perspective of high-school principals. In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, A. Caspi, S. Eden, N. Geri, & Y. Yair (Eds.), Learning in the technological era (pp.239-246). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel. [in Hebrew]

Blau, I. (2011). Application use, online behavior, and e-learning survey among children and youth: In favor of online safety, against Internet abuse. In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, A. Caspi, S. Eden, N. Geri, & Y. Yair (Eds.), Learning in the technological era (pp. 75-84). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel. [in Hebrew, lecture].

Blau, I. (2011). Being a smart teacher in a "Smart classroom": Assessing teacher professional development for incorporating Interactive WhiteBoards at schools. In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, A. Caspi, & S. Eden (Eds.), Learning in the technological era (pp. 63-74). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel. [in Hebrew, lecture].

Blau, I., & Hameiri, M. (2011). Online parental involvement in the 21th century: Students and parents using the "Mashov" Learning Management System. In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, A. Caspi, S. Eden, N. Geri, & Y. Yair (Eds.), Learning in the technological era (pp. 55-62). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel. [in Hebrew, lecture by Hameiri].

Gorsky, P., Caspi, A., Blau, I., & David, Y. (2011). Toward a population parameter for higher education, asynchronous course forums. In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, A. Caspi, S. Eden, N. Geri, & Y. Yair (Eds.), Learning in the technological era (pp. 28-30). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel.

Blau, I., & Hameiri, M. (2010). Implementing technological change: Promoting online interactions at schools through "Mashov" Learning Management System. In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, A. Caspi, S. Eden, N. Geri, & Y. Yair (Eds.), Learning in the technological era (pp. 24-31). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel. [in Hebrew, lecture by Hameiri & Blau].

Blau, I., & Caspi, A. (2009). Sharing and collaborating with Google Docs: The influence of psychological ownership, responsibility, and student's attitudes on outcome quality In Proceedings of the E-Learn 2009 World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare,& Higher Education (pp. 3329-3335). Vancouver, Canada. Chesapeake: AACE.

Blau, I., & Barak, A. (2009). Synchronous online discussions: Participation in a group audio conferencing and textual chat as affected by communicator's personality characteristics and discussion topics. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Supported Education - CSEDU'09 (pp. 19-24). Lisbon, Portugal.

Blau, I., Zuckerman, O., & Monroy-Hern?ndez, A. (2009). Children participation in media content creation community: Israelis learners in Scratch programming environment.In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, A. Caspi, S. Eden, N. Geri, & Y. Yair (Eds.), Learning in the technological era (pp.65-72). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel. Lecture by Monroy-Hernandez & Zuckerman.

Blau, I., Mor, N., & Neuthal, T. (2009). Interpersonal and group interactions using educational Blogs. In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, A. Caspi, S. Eden, N. Geri, & Y. Yair (Eds.), Learning in the technological era, (pp.56-64). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel. Lecture in Hebrew by Mor.

Blau, I., & Caspi, A. (2009). What type of collaboration helps? Psychological ownership, perceived learning, and outcome quality of collaboration using Google Docs. In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, A. Caspi, S. Eden, N. Geri,& Y. Yair (Eds.), Learning in the technological era (pp.48-55). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel. Lecture in Hebrew.

Blau, I., & Barak, A. (2009). Talking about, talking online: The effect of personality characteristics, medium type and discussion topic on people's willingness to participate in synchronous online discussion. In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, A. Caspi, S. Eden, N. Geri,& Y. Yair (Eds.), Learning in the technological era (pp. 14-24). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel [in Hebrew, lecture].

Blau, I., & Caspi, A. (2008). Do media richness and visual anonymity influence learning? A comparative study using Skype™. In Eshet, Y., Caspi, A., Geri, N. (Eds.) Learning in the technological era (pp. 18-24). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel. Lecture in Hebrew.

Blau, I., & Caspi, A., (2007). Social presence and participation in asynchronous discussion groups. In Y. Eshet, A. Caspi,& Y. Yair (Eds.) Learning in the technological era (pp. 59-66). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel [in Hebrew, lecture].

Weiser, O., Blau, I., & Eshet-Alkalai, Y. (June, 2020). Online participation: Online lesson characteristics and their impact on students' participation​. Shemurat Teva - Journal for Biology and Environmental Science Teachers, 200, 35-40. [in Hebrew].

Learning in the Digital Era: Proceedings of the 15th Chais Conference for the Study of Innovation and Learning Technologies (February, 2020). Editors: I. Blau, A. Caspi,, Y. Eshet-Alkalai, N. Geri, Y. Kalman, S. Etgar, & Lauterman, T. 

Learning in the Technological Era: Proceedings of the 14th Chais Conference for the Study of Innovation and Learning Technologies (February, 2019). Editors: Y. Eshet-Alkalai, I. Blau, A. Caspi, N. Geri, Y. Kalman, & S. Etgar. 

Learning in the Technological Era: Proceedings of the 13th Chais Conference for the Study of Innovation and Learning Technologies (February, 2018). Editors: Y. Eshet-Alkalai, I. Blau, A. Caspi, S. Etgar, N. Geri, Y. Kalman, V. Silber-Varod. 

Learning in the Technological Era: Proceedings of the 12th Chais Conference for the Study of Innovation and Learning Technologies (February, 2017). Editors: Y. Eshet-Alkalai, I. Blau, A. Caspi, N. Geri, Y. Kalman, V. Silber-Varod. 

Learning in the Technological Era: Proceedings of the 11th Chais Conference for the Study of Innovation and Learning Technologies (February, 2016). Editors: Y. Eshet-Alkalai, I. Blau, A. Caspi, N. Geri, Y. Kalman, V. Silber-Varod. 

Learning in the Technological Era: Proceedings of the 10th Chais Conference for the Study of Innovation and Learning Technologies (February, 2015). Editors: Y. Eshet-Alkalai, I. Blau, A. Caspi, N. Geri, Y. Kalman, V. Silber-Varod.

Blau, I.& Eshet-Alkalai, Y. (2015). Cheating through digital technologies from the perspective of Israeli students, teachers and parents - patterns and coping strategies. Research report for the Chief Scientist Foundation, Ministry of Education. [in Hebrew]

Shomron, Y., Peled, Y., & Blau, I. (2015). Beyond the teaching: The implementation of one-to-one laptop initiatives for students and teachers. Research report for the Chief Scientist Foundation, Ministry of Education.  [in Hebrew]

Dror, Y., Gershon, S., & Blau, I. (2012). Learning with technology: A survey of Israeli youth on the role of technology in learning and teaching. Research report. The College of Management Academic Studies. Rishon Le-Zion, Israel. Report in English. Report in Hebrew. Related article in Calcalist. Related article in Ynet. Related article in TheMarker. 

Blau, I. (2012). Teaching with Interactive Whiteboards and developing digital wisdom: Teacher professional development for implementing "Smart boards" in schools. Gadish, 66-80. [in Hebrew]

Blau, I, & Hameiri, M. (2012). New ways for realizing the right to be informed: Increasing student and parental involvement by using the Mashov pedagogical management system. Gadish, 154-166. [in Hebrew]

Blau, I., Chaushu, S., Beygel, I., & Shamir-Inbal, T. (2019). Educate the youth in his own way: Students' mentoring as a pedagogical model for teaching makers in schools. In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, I. Blau, A. Caspi,  N. Geri, Y. Kalman, &  S. Etgar (Eds.), Learning in the technological era (pp. 201-202). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel.

Leykin, E., Blau, I., & Shamir-Inbal, T. (2019). Training for making and tinkering: Self-regulated learning through MOOC for professional development of code and robotics teachers. In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, I. Blau, A. Caspi, N. Geri, Y. Kalman, & S. Etgar (Eds.), Learning in the technological era (pp. 229-230). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel.

Adam, E., Kalman, Y., & Blau, I. (2019). The impact of integrating digital versus analog multiple information sources, on digital writing processes, quality of outcomes and plagiarism. In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, I. Blau, A. Caspi, N. Geri, Y. Kalman, & S. Etgar (Eds.), Learning in the technological era (pp. 195-196). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel.

Heng, M.A., Blau, I., Fulmer, G., Moran, S., & Pereira, A. (2018). Life Purpose: A Necessary Compass for Student Development around the World. In Proceedings of the annual BERA (British Educational Research Association) conference. Northumbria University. Newcastle, UK.  

Blau, I. & Fhala, B. (2018). The Impact of Interruptive versus Continuous Hyper-Video Scaffolding on Online Activity Levels, Academic Performance and Learning Experiences in Vocational E-Training. In Proceedings of the EARLI (European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction) - Instructional Design & Educational Technology Meeting: Instructional Design and Technology for 21st Century Learning: Challenges, Solutions, and Future Directions. Bonn, Germany.  

Yondler, Y., Blau, I., Ben-Yehuda, G., & Eshet-Alkalai, Y. (2018). Different but equally effective? Four models for technology-enhanced optimal teaching of digital literacy skills. In Proceedings of the EARLI - Instructional Design & Educational Technology Meeting: Instructional Design and Technology for 21st Century Learning: Challenges, Solutions, and Future Directions. Bonn, Germany.  

Avdiel, O., Shamir-Inbal, T., & Blau, I. (2018). How pedagogical design of technology-enhanced academic course promotes listening to student voice and reflecting on students' perceived learning? In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on e-Learning 2018 conference - EL 2018. Madrid, Spain. 

Shamir-Inbal, T., Blau, I., & Avdiel, O. (2018). Developing digital literacies in academia through collaborative learning activities and interactions in a learning community. In Proceedings of the AERA (American Educational Research Association) 2018 Annual Meeting: The dreams, possibilities, and necessity of public education. New York, US. 

Blau, I., Shamir-Inbal, T. & Kesler. A. (2018). Teaching creative computing for developing computational thinking in elementary and secondary schools: Comparing instructivist and constructivist strategies of code teachers.  In Proceedings of the Knowledge Management Conference-KM2018- Knowledge Management: Research, Organization, and Applied Innovation. Pisa, Italy.

Shamir-Inbal, T., Blau, I., & Rozmarin. T. (2018). Which digital literacy skills of elementary school students can be promoted by one-to-one computing with Chromebooks? In Proceedings of the Knowledge Management Conference-KM2018- Knowledge Management: Research, Organization, and Applied Innovation. Pisa, Italy. 

Heng, M.A. & Blau, I. (2016). Finding purpose: What Singaporean and Israeli adolescents are telling us. Paper presented at the APA Annual Convention. Denver, Colorado, USA.

Blau, I & Eshet-Alkalai, Y. (2016). How digital technologies affect academic dishonesty behavior of school students? Paper presented at the International Conference on Internet Studies- NETs2016. Osaka, Japan.

Friedman, A., Blau, I., & Eshet-Alkalai, Y. (2016). Who is fooling shom in academia? Perceptions of the phenomenon of academic hishonesty among students and faculty. In Proceedings of the 14th Annual MEITAL National Conference 2016: New Technologies and Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Bar-Ilan University, Israel. [in Hebrew]

Shamir-Inbal, T. & Blau, I. (2016). Digital technologies empowering "students' voice": Collaborative learning experience in an academic course. In Proceedings of the 14th Annual MEITAL National Conference 2016: New Technologies and Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Bar-Ilan University, Israel. [in Hebrew]

Weiser, O., Blau, I., & Eshet-Alkalai, Y. (2016). Dialogue and monologues in online classroom: How teaching-learning interactions affect student participation in synchoronous lessons conducted through two-way videoconferencing using Zoom technology? In Proceedings of the 14th Annual MEITAL National Conference 2016: New Technologies and Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Bar-Ilan University, Israel. [in Hebrew]

Silber-Varod, V. & Blau, I. (2016). Narrating and sharing audio books: A call for a multicultural perspective of knowledge production and management. Paper presented at the KM Conference 2016: Knowledge, Management, Learning, Information Technology: ISEG-University of Lisbon, Portugal.

Blau, I., Weiser, O., & Eshet-Alkalai, Y. (2016). Face-to-face versus one-way and two-way videoconferencing: how medium naturalness and personality traits influence achievement and perceived learning? Paper presented at the 11the Iberian Conference of Information Systems and Technologies-CISTI'2016. Cran Canaria, Canarian Islands, Spain.

Rosenfeld, T., Barsilai, S., & Blau, I. (2016). School as a children's game: Is integration of "scaffolds" in educational games bridge formal and non-formal knowledge representations? Presented at the Innovation Center Research Symposia. Ra'anana, Israel. The Open University of Israel. 

Weiser, O., Blau, I., & Eshet-Alkalai, Y. (2016). A Zoom on encouraging students? Participation in learning thourgh two-way videoconferencing: The role of teaching-learning interactions. Presented at the Innovation Center Research Symposia. Ra'anana, Israel. The Open University of Israel. 

Weiser, O., Blau, I., & Eshet-Alkalai, Y. (2016). The role of pedagogy, media, and students' personality in synchronous learning: Comparint face-to-face and videoconferencing participation. In Proceedings of the 10the annual International Technology, Education adn Developemnt Conference-INTED2016 (p. 5005). Valencia, Spain. 

Blau, I. & Peled, Y. (2015). How do one-to-one technologies impact learning and visualizing-verbalizing styles of school students? Paper presented at the 16th European Conference for Research on Learning and Instruction - EARLI 2015: Towards a Reflective Society:  Synergies between Learning, Teaching and Research. Limassol, Cyprus.

Benamotz, R. & Blau, I. (2015). Implications of teacher-student relationships via a social network on teaching, learning, and classroom atmosphere. Paper presented at the SITE 2015 (Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education) International Conference. Las Vegas, NV, US.

Friedman, A., Blau, I. & Eshet-Alkalai, Y. (2015). To copy ... not to copy ... why not to copy? Dealing with academic dishonesty in academia. Presented at the Research Symposia, The Research Center for Innovation in Learning Technologies. Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel. 

Weiser, O., Blau, I.,& Eshet-Alkalai, Y. (2015). Knowledge acquisition and synchronous learning experience in bidirectional video conference: Remote but face to face? Presented at the Research Symposia, The Research Center for Innovation in Learning Technologies. Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel.

Friedman, A., Blau, I. & Eshet-Alkalai, Y. (2015). The role of technology in the phenomenon of academic dishonesty and motivation for dishonesty behaviors in academia. Paper presented at the 13th Annual MEITAL National Conference "New Technologies and Their Evaluation in Online Teaching and Learning". Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. Haifa, Israel

Lis Hacohen, R., Silber Varod, V., & Blau, I. (2015). Gender differences in collaborative digital navigation: Active participation and driver’s perception of information accuracy. In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, I. Blau, A. Caspi,  N. Geri, Y. Kalman, &  V. Silber-Varod, (Eds.), Learning in the technological era (pp.236-237). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open University of Israel.

Friedmnan, A., Blau, I. &Eshet-Alkalai, Y. (2015). The faculty of dishonesty studies: Coping with academic dishonesty in academia - Crime and punishment. In Y. Eshet-Alkalai, I. Blau, A. Caspi,  N. Geri, Y. Kalman, &  V. Silber-Varod, (Eds.), Learning in the technological era (pp.250-251). Ra'anana, Israel: The Open Universit of Israel.

Mekamel, L. & Blau, I. (2014). Mentoring Social Network as Assistive Technology for Students with Communication Disabilities and Intellectual Impairments. Paper presented at 2014 AECT (Association for Educational Communications and Technology) International Convention on Learning, Design and Technology. Jacksonville, Florida, US.

Blau, I., Tomasi, S., & Raban, D. (2014). How the e-privacy management and personality traits of Facebook users are related to their online self-disclosure, social capital and well-being? Paper presented at ICERI 2014 7th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation. Seville, Spain.

Shamir-Inbal, T. & Blau, I. (2014). Development of digital literacy and challenge of collaboration: Can they go together? In Y. Yair & E. Shmueli (Eds.), Proceedings of the 12th annual MEITAL national conference 2014 (pp. 269-274). Levinsky College of Education, Israel. [in Hebrew]

Heifetz, E. M. & Blau, I. (2014). Perceived learning of students with different cognitive styles in different media in an IS course. Paper presented at the 22nd European Conference on Information Systems – ECIS2014-ILAIS2014, Academic College of Tel-Aviv Jaffo. Tel-Aviv, Israel.

Blau, I. (2014). Meaningful learning and social networks: Paradox or opportunity? Panel at the Simposium on Social Networks, Educational and Learning. Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. 

Blau, I., Eshet-Alkalai, Y., & Rotem, I. (2014). Cheating and e-cheating: A qualitative investigation of expanding an academic dishonesty framework into digital learning settings. Paper to be presented at the 8th International Technology, Education and Development Conference - INTED2014. Valencia, Spain.

Shamir-Inbal, T. & Blau, I. (2014). How the implementation of tablet computers impacts learning and pedagogy and promotes "digital wisdom" of students and teachers in the elementary school? Paper to be presented at the 8th International Technology, Education and Development Conference - INTED2014. Valencia, Spain.

Blau, I. & Eshet-Alkalai, Y. (2014). School students' perception of academic dishonesty with and without digital tools: Not acceptable, but common. Paper presented at the International Conference on Advanced Education and Management - ICAEM2014. Beijing, China.

Blau, I. (2013). Free speech versus protection of privacy. Respond presented at the 10th Anglo-Israel Colloquium on Ethics and Responsibility in an Interconnected World. Jerusalem, Israel.

Blau, I. & Barzel-Rubin, A. (2013). Assisting learning disabilities and empowering excellence by "clickers" and interactive whiteboards. Presented at 15th Biennial EARLI Conference for Research in Learning and Instruction. TUM School of Education, Technical University Munich, Germany.

Blau, I. & Hameiri, M. (2013). Mobile school data management by teachers and families: Innovative practices for changing educational institutions? Presented at the International Conference of "Technology, Innovation and Social Change". Tata Institute of Social Science, Mumbai, India.

Shomer, R., Blau, I., & Raban, D. (2013). What reading technologies are better for learning and pleasure? Comparing e-reader, a computer screen, and printed text. Presented at the IsraHCI conference. Herzlia, Israel: IDC. [Extended abstract, Poster]

Blau, I. (2012, December). Students and parents in the digital  world. Presented at the conference Technology, Pedagogy, and Policy: Is a systemic innovation possible? A case of ICT program "Adapting the education system to the 21st century". Ra'anana, Israel: Open University of Israel. [lecture in Hebrew]. 

Blau, I. (2012, December). Academic dishonesty via digital technologies: How, when, why? Presented at the Innovation Center Research Symposia. Ra'anana, Israel: Open University of Israel.

Blau, I. & Caspi, A. (2012, July). Listening, watching or reading? Preliminary results of testing podcasts and screencasts learning. In Y. Yair & E. Shmueli (Eds.) Proceedings of the 10th Annual MEITAL National Conference 2012: The Open Knowledge World: E-moderating in Academia (pp. 81-86). [in Hebrew: Extended abstract]

Blau, I. & Neuthal, T. (2012, June). Twitter as a platform for an Israeli community of Information Science professionals. In Proceedings of the Informing Science and Information Technology Education Conference - InSITE2012. Montreal, Canada. 

Blau, I. & Caspi, A. (2012, June). The feeling of ownership in collaborative writing and editing in wiki environments. WikiAcademy annual conference. IDC, Herzlia. [in Hebrew: Abstract, Lecture] 

Blau, I. & Neuthal, T. (2012, March). Twitter as a communication platform for a professional community of practice of Israeli librarians and information science professionals. Paper presented at the 30th Annual Conference MultiYeda2012. Kfar Ha-Maccabiah, Ramat-Gan. [in Hebrew: Abstract]

Blau, I. & Neuthal, T. (2012, February).  Social networking behavior in Israeli community practicing learning and information technologies on Twitter. Paper presented at the International Symposium on Cyber Behaviour - CB2012. Taipei, Taiwan. 

Blau, I. (2011, December). Smartphone: The intersection of  pedagogical management and learning management systems. Moach - Israeli Assosiation for Information Technologies in Education Annual Conference. Tel-Aviv, Mofet Institute. [in Hebrew: Abstract]

Blau, I. (2011, December). Class journal in smartphone? Pedagogical management through cellphone. Presented at the Innovation Center Research Symposia. Ra'anana, Israel: Open University of Israel. [in Hebrew: Abstract]

Blau, I. (2011, September). Children, risk, and safety online: Israeli survey results among Hebrew and Arabic speakers. Paper presented at the International Conference EU Kids Online: Children, Risk and Safety Online - Research and Policy Challenges in Comparative Perspective. London, UK: The London School of Economics and Political Science- LSE. Power point.

Blau, I. (2011, August). Who's afraid of one-time contribution? Using Wikis in education, organizations, and companies: Collaborating openly and exploring the potential of the "long tail" network distribution. Paper presented at the 3rd Annual Conference Wikipedia Academy 2011 in Israel. Haifa, Israel. [in Hebrew: Abstract]

Blau, I. (2011, June). Google Apps meet the academia one-to-one. Paper presented at the 9th MEITAL 2010 National Conference. Tel-Aviv, Israel: Tel-Aviv University. [in Hebrew: Power point]

Blau, I., & Barak, A. (2010, October). Synchronous online participation: The effects of participant's personality and discussion topic on participation in face-to-face versus voice chat, and textual group discussions. Paper presented at the 11th Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR): Sustainability, Participation, Action. Gothenburg, Sweden: University of Gothenburg.

Blau, I., & Caspi, A. (2010, June). Seeking the quality: Together or alone? The influence of individual and collaborative learning on the sense of ownership, perceived learning and outcome quality. Paper presented at the 8th MEITAL 2010 National Conference. Ra'anana, Israel: Open University of Israel. [in Hebrew: Extended abstract].

Blau, I. (2009, October). Interactive whiteboard: Makeup or real beauty? Presented at the 7th MEITAL 2009 National Conference: The Open Knowledge World. Ramat-Gan, Israel: Shenkar College of Engineering and Design. [in Hebrew: Extended abstract, Poster].

Blau, I., Mor, N., & Neuthal, T. (2009, October). Interactive blogging: Promoting peer interactions through educational Blogs in academic course. Paper presented at the 7th MEITAL 2009 National Conference: The Open Knowledge World. Ramat-Gan, Israel: Shenkar College of Engineering and Design. [in Hebrew: Extended abstract].

Caspi, A., & Blau, I. (2008, July). Learning and students' behavior in audio conferencing versus face-to-face classroom. Poster presented at the XXIX International Congress of Psychology. Berlin, Germany.

Blau, I., & Caspi, A. (2008). Don't edit, discuss! The influence of Wiki editing on learning experience and achievement. In D. Ben-Zvi (Ed.), Innovative e-learning in higher education (pp.19-23). Haifa, Israel: University of Haifa. [in Hebrew: Extended abstract]

Blau, I., & Caspi, A. (2008, February). I belong, therefore I learn: Group belonging and online perceived learning. Paper presented at the Annual Counseling Union Conference. University of Haifa. [in Hebrew]

Blau, I., & Caspi, A. (2007). Participation in and efficiency of distance learning using Skype™ - preliminary results. In M. Ronen (Ed.). Online Academic Learning (pp.75-77). Holon, Israel: Holon Institute of Technology. [in Hebrew]

Blau, I. (2007, June). I, we, but you are not: The influence of social presence in discussion groups on perceived learning. Presented at the Chais Research Symposia. Ra'anana, Israel: Open University of Israel. [in Hebrew: Power point].

 

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2021-2022
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2021
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2021
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2017-2020
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2015-2016
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2012-2014
Cheating through digital technologies from the perspective of Israeli students, teachers and parents - patterns and coping strategies. The Chief Scientist Foundation, Ministry of Education. (197,400 NIS)
2012
Learning by preparing virtual tour through tables. Open University of Israel. (20,000 NIS)
2010-2013
Beyond the teaching: The implementation of one-to-one laptop initiatives for students and teachers. The Chief Scientist Foundation, Ministry of Education. (80,000 NIS)
2010
Is a recording worth a thousand words? The influence of using and producing podcasts and screencasts on performance and perceived learning in academia. MEITAL – IUCC: Inter University Center for E-Learning. (12,000 NIS)
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