PhD Student

Virtual TAU Support Center
School of Education
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv 69978, Israel

Phone: +972-3-6405528
E-mail: anatcoXYZYXpost.tau.ac.il
(for sending an e-mail, please put @ instead of the XYZYX)

Research Interests

• Internet Implementation in Higher Education
• Educational data mining
• Technology and ICT in Education
• Innovative Pedagogical Practices using ICT

Education

• Post Graduate Studies, School of Education, Tel Aviv University, 2003
• MA (summa cum laude), Communication and Computers in Education Graduate Program, School of Education, Tel Aviv University
• BA (cum laude), Educational counseling, School of Education, Tel Aviv University

Awards

• Finalists of the 2008 EDEN Best Research Paper Award (2008)
• The UCFV Finalist Graduate Student Paper Prize ICICTE (2006)
• Tel-Aviv University scholarship for doctoral students (2005-2006)
• Netvision award for Ph.D. students’ excellence study, The Netvision Institute for Internet Studies (2005)
• Tel-Aviv University scholarship for doctoral students (2004)
• Meital (the Inter-University Center for e-Learning) research award for excellence study (2004)

Publications in referee Journals and Books

1. Cohen, A., Nachmias, R. (in print). Quantitative Cost Effectiveness Model for Web-Supported Academic Instruction. In Distance and E-learning in Transition – Learning innovation, technology and social challenges. ISTE and Wiley &Sons, Inc.
2. Cohen, A., Nachmias, R. (in press) - invited paper. The Implementation of a Cost Effectiveness Analyzer for Web-Supported Academic Instruction: A Case Study, American Journal of Distance Education.
3. Nachmias, R. & Cohen, A. (2008). Economics of Distance and Online Learning, Book Review. American Journal of Distance Education , 22 (4), 229 - 232.
4. Cohen, A., Nachmias, R. (2006). A quantitative Cost Effectiveness Model for Web-Supported Academic Instruction. The Internet and Higher Education , 9 (2), 81-90.
5. Nachmias, R., Miodusar, D., Cohen, A., Tubin, D., and Forkosh-Baruch, A. (2004). Factors Involved in the Implementation of Pedagogical Innovations Using Technology. Education and information technologies , 9 (3): 291-308.
6. Cohen, A., Nachmias, R., and Forkosh-Baruch, A. (2004). A Cost Effectiveness model for Web Supported Academic Instruction: Development, Validation, and Implementation. World Conference on Educational Multimedia Hypermedia and Telecommunication , 2004(1): 1020-1025.
7. Cohen, A. (2004). Factors Affecting Innovative Pedagogical Practices Using Technology in Schools. [Hebrew], In D. Miodusar, R. Nachmias, Lahav, O. (Eds). Studies in Information and Communication Technologies in Education. Israel, Tel-Aviv University: Ramot Publications.

Participation in International Conferences and Workshops

1. Cohen, A., Nachmias, R. (2009). The Implementation of a Cost Effectiveness Analyzer for Web-Supported Instruction: A Case Study. Paper for the 4th Annual Chais Conference on Instructional Technologies Research "Learning in the Technological Era", Israel.
2. Cohen, A., Nachmias, R. (2008). A Case Study of Implementing a Cost Effectiveness Analyzer for Web-Supported Academic Instruction: An Example from Life Science. Paper for the EDEN 2008 Annual Conference – NEW LEARNING CULTURES, How do we learn? Where do we learn? Portugal.
3. Cohen, A., Nachmias, R. (2008). Implementing a Cost Effectiveness Model in Academic Courses. The 6th annual conference of Meital. Haifa University, Israel.
4. Cohen, A., Nachmias, R. (2008). Computational Analyzer for Assessing the Cost Effectiveness of Online Learning in Academic Courses. Doctoral conference, The Netvision Institute for Internet Studies. Tel Aviv University, Israel.
5. Cohen, A. (2007). Cost Effectiveness Analysis of Online Instruction Using Data Mining Techniques. The second annual conference of Internet and Technology investigators. Bar-Ilan University, Israel.
6. Cohen, A., Nachmias, R. (2007). A Computational Mechanism for Assessing the Cost Effectiveness of Web-supported Academic Instruction. Paper for the EDEN 2007 annual conference – NEW LEARNING 2.0? Emerging digital territories developing continuities New divides, Italy.
7. Cohen, A., Nachmias, R. (2007). A Quantitative Cost Effectiveness Model for Online Learning. The 5th annual conference of Meital (plenum lecture). Holon institution of technology, Israel.
8. Cohen, A., Nachmias, R. (2006). A Computational Mechanism for Assessing the Effectiveness of Web-Supported Academic Instruction. Paper for the ICICTE 2006 - International Conference on Information Communications Technologies in Education, Greece.
9. Cohen, A., Nachmias, R. (2006). Cost Effectiveness of Web-Based Learning Environments. Doctoral conference, The Netvision Institute for Internet Studies. Tel Aviv University, Israel.
10. Cohen, A., Nachmias, R. (2006). Cost Effectiveness Model of Web-Supported Academic Instruction. TAL Forum (Learning Technology forum). Tel Aviv University.
11. Cohen, A., Nachmias, R. (2005). A Quantitative Cost Effectiveness model for Web Supported Academic Instruction. Paper for the EDEN 2005 annual conference – Lifelong E-Learning: Bringing E-Learning close to Lifelong Learning and Working Life, A New Period of Uptake, Helsinki.
12. Cohen, A., Nachmias, R. (2005). A Quantitative Cost Effectiveness model for Web Supported Academic Instruction. The 4th annual conference of Meital. Ben-Gurion University, Israel.
13. Cohen, A., Nachmias, R. and Forkosh-Baruch, A. (2004). A Cost Effectiveness model for Web Supported Academic Instruction: Development, Validation, and Implementation. Paper for the ED-MEDIA 2004 - World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications, Switzerland.
14. Nachmias, R., Mioduser, D., Cohen, A., Tubin, D., and Forkosh-Baruch, A. (2004). Levels, Domains and Involved Factors: Implementation of Pedagogical Innovations Using Technology. Paper for the IRC-2004 conference (IEA International Research Conference), Cyprus.
15. Cohen, A. (2004). A Cost Effectiveness Model for Web Supported Academic Instruction. The 6th Seminar for PhD Students of Science, Mathematics and Technology, Nir Ezion, Israel.
16. Cohen, A., Nachmias, R. (2004). A Cost Effectiveness model for Web Supported Academic Instruction – development, Validation and Implementation. The 3rd annual conference of Meital. Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
17. Mioduser, D., Nachmias, R., Tubin, D., Forkosh-Baruch, A., and Cohen, A. (2004). Innovative Pedagogical Practices Using Technology in Israeli Schools in Light of the Second Information Technology in Education Study. AYALA, The Israeli Educational research Association Conference, Ben-Gurion University, Israel.
18. Cohen, A. Nachmias, R. (2003). Cost-Benefit in academic courses in Virtual TAU. Virtual TAU meeting in Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
19. Mioduser, D., Nachmias, R., Cohen, A., Tubin, D., and Forkosh-Baruch, A. (2002). The Second Information Technology in Education Study: SITES Module 2 – Theoretical Framework and Findings in Israel. AYALA, The Israeli Educational research Association Conference, Bar-Ilan University, Israel.