Learning Design expert &
Ed-Innovation leader
About me
Dr. Einat Gil is a distinguished consultant, researcher, and leader in educational innovation, specializing in learning design and the strategic integration of advanced technologies including Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education.
Most recently, she served as the Chief Researcher and Co-Director at the Ministry of Education’s Institute for Applied Research of AI in Education. In this national-level role, she supervised a portfolio of nine applied research projects with nationwide impact and was a key partner in the steering committee for Israel’s National Program for AI in Education.
Einat’s career is marked by a proven ability to build innovation from the ground up. She is the former founding Director of the Center of Innovation & Learning Design at the Kibbutzim College of Education and the former Head of the Teaching Innovation Division at Levinsky College of Education, where she also held a Tenure Track Lecturer position. As a lecturer, she has designed and taught courses in both B.Ed. and M.Ed. programs.
Her deep academic foundation includes two postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Toronto and the Fields Institute. Her research focuses on the intersection of pedagogy and technology, including Future & Hybrid Learning Spaces, innovative learning environments, and the application of AI in education.
Today, Dr. Gil leverages her extensive experience as a consultant for academic institutions, educational organizations, and EdTech companies, guiding them through innovation processes and complex digital transformations. Her client portfolio includes the University of Haifa, the Ministry of Education, Beit Berl College, Kay College and WildZebra.
Selected projects
Learning Innovation Center, Founding Director
A three year leadership project, founding the Center of Innovation & Learning Design at The Kibbutzim College of Education, which included: vision, planning, technology integration, staffing, training, program design and ongoing management.
Digital Pedagogy transformation
Key member of the Digital Learning steering committee, leading a three year process for updating digital teaching & learning for lecturers. Based on theoretical standards, the process resulted in training programs and internal certification.
Future Learning Spaces (FLS)
Designing and establishing two FLSs in two Colleges of Education, creating new pedagogies and integrating them into academic courses and the teaching culture.
Selected projects
Head for Teaching Innovation & Excellence
Co-founding the center for teaching innovation & excellence, and leading the teaching innovation team.
The team authored teaching materials and played a major role in the transformation to online learning during Covid19, mentoring the Profs in online, hybrid, f2f courses.
Establishing an Immersive Learning Space
Establishing an open-patform immersive space that allows students to experience and create immersive learning environments for diverse knowledge domains.
Learning-design, technologies-enhanced leadership
Leading learning-design innovation teams in various projects and institutions, integrating pedagogies, technologies and learning processes into a learning products and design patterns.
Consulting
I offer consulting services for:
- Strategic co-creation of centers for teaching innovation
and excellence - Co-designing learning environments, learning processes
and educational products - Streamlining the integration of educational technologies
and pedagogies in organizations
Partner with me, and together we’ll turn challenges into opportunities.
Selected publications
Gil, E., Mor, Y., Dimitriadis, Y. & Köppe, C. (eds.). (2022). Hybrid Learning Spaces. Understanding Teaching-Learning Practice. Springer, Cham. [Link]
Eyal, L., & Gil, E. (2022). Hybrid learning spaces – a three-fold evolving perspective. In E. Gil, Y. Mor, Y. Dimitriadis and C. Köppe (Eds). Hybrid Learning Spaces. Understanding Teaching-Learning Practice. Springer, Cham.
Mor, Y., Gil, E., Dimitriadis, Y. & Köppe, C. (2022). Forward Looking: Predictions for the Future of Hybrid Learning Spaces. In E. Gil, Y. Mor, Y. Dimitriadis & C. Köppe (Eds.), Hybrid Learning Spaces. Understanding Teaching-Learning Practice. Springer, Cham.
Gil, E. (2024). Four and a half gates into innovation in teachers’ education. In, R. Lidor & Z. Libman, Teacher education in Israel – dilemmas, challenges and coping. Tel-Aviv: Resling.
Eyal, E. & Gil, E. (2020). Design patterns for teaching in academic settings in future learning spaces (FLS). British Journal of Educational Technology.
Gil, E. (2024). Emergent simulation models for teaching and training in a college of education. Rav-Gvanim: Research and discourse in education. Gordon College of Education, Haifa.
Testimonials
Leadership
“Dr. Einat Gil is a highly dedicated and goal-oriented educational leader with profound pedagogical knowledge and extensive management experience. Her passion for innovation in education and her ability to drive transformative change make her an exceptional candidate for any endeavor she chooses to pursue.”
— Prof. Donitsa-Schmidt Provost, Kibbutzim College of Education, Technologies & the Arts
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“The Future Learning Spaces (FLS) at the Levinsky College of Education, established under the leadership of Einat, rapidly reached an extensive volume of activity for lecturers and students, who utilized it to practice collaborative and technologically enhanced teaching activities. The FLS received great interest from many higher education institutions who made a pilgrimage, to learn about establishing and operating such a center towards achieving technological and pedagogical significance.”
— Prof. Beller President, Levinsky College of Education
Teaching
“It was an outstanding experience that I felt after the amazing process and the surprising improvement in my personality, that I went through from the beginning of the course to its end. Thank you very much and may you continue to empower your students, strengthen them and lead this kind of collaborative work all along the way.“
— Fa. (student)
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