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Summary

This chapter explores the trends and issues of digital learning in Israel, with a focus on the challenges faced by educators in adapting education systems to the digital age. The authors, Prof. Orit Avidov-Ungar and Oded Busharian, discuss the importance of digital leadership in promoting the effective integration of technology into teaching, and highlight the significance of institutional norms and environmental conditions in this process. They also examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on distance learning in Israel, and the need for a systematic transformation of teachers’ understanding of education, student evaluation processes, digital infrastructure, and more. Ungar and Busharian suggest that Israel has a strong foundation for digital transformation in education. Israel’s MOE, together with the academic community and some strong and innovative private and third sector actors, have invested heavily in bringing this change about. However, there are still some major obstacles to be overcome: the reliance on existing educational practices by many teachers; the cultural and ideological divide between different sectors in Israeli society; the fact that many teachers still do not see how digital technology can help transform their discipline; and the centralized nature of Israeli education and the reliance on high stakes standardized testing.

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