Dr. Dan Kohen-Vacs

Senior lecturer and researcher in the Faculty of Instructional Technologies at HIT Holon Institute of Technology

Dr. Dan Kohen-Vacs holds a PhD in Computer and Information Science from Linnaeus University (LNU, Sweden). He is a senior lecturer and researcher in the Faculty of Instructional Technologies at HIT. In addition he is a visiting senior lecturer at Linnaeus University. Dr. Kohen-Vacs takes lead on humanoid robotics at HIT. He also focus his research efforts on various technologies including VR/AR, Mobile Learning and IoT. He explores the affordance of such technologies in order to support educational processes.

Dan leads efforts in developing technological courses focused on development of digital skills at the faculty of Instructional Technologies. He has conducted several national and international projects including EU programs and projects in the framework of the German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development.

Dr. Kohen-Vacs will speak at the 2019 STEMM Conference in the Education Learning Technologies Session:

• Learning technologies in education: The next generation
  (Session 2, Session 11, Session 17)
• How to use humanoid robots in STEMM
  (Session 2, Session 11, Session 17)