AMIT Educators are Turning Distance Learning into a Successful Experience for Students BY HELGA ABRAHAM
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n the summer of 2020 when AMIT educators Dikla Bar and Danny Steiner were asked to prepare a Hybrid program that would offer junior and high school students tracks and general knowledge courses online, they jumped at the opportunity. “We immediately realized that distance learning could help resolve problems faced by schools with limited resources or schools in remote areas such as the north of Israel,” says Bar. “Through distance learning, stu-
dents at these schools would be able to enjoy the same opportunities as schools in the center of the country.” Bar is proud of the fact that the program has enabled two students from Hatzor in the north of the country to study computer science for their high school certificate. “Since AMIT Hatzor does not offer computer science, the only other option would have been to bus the students to Acre twice a week, which is very impractical.”
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