Invited Presentations

Keynote and Plenary Presentations

• Barzilai, S. & Thomm, E. (2023). Dealing with Disagreement: Coming to Terms with the Social Nature of Knowledge. Invited keynote presentation at the 20th Biennial Conference of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI), Thessaloniki, Greece.

• Barzilai S. (2022). Epistemic Growth in a "Post-Truth" World: Challenges for Argumentation and Inquiry Learning. Invited keynote presentation at the Meeting of SIG 20 (Inquiry Learning) and SIG 26 (Argumentation, Dialogue, & Reasoning) of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI), Utrecht, Holland.

• Barzilai S. (2021). Knowing who to trust: Evaluating sources of scientific information. Invited plenary panel presentation. The 14th Conference of the European Science Education Research Association (ESERA 2021), Braga, Portugal.

• Barzilai, S. (2018). On the Other Hand…: Learning to Integrate Conflicting Information Sources. Invited keynote lecture. Meeting of SIG 6 (Instructional Design) & 7 (Technology-Enhanced Learning and Instruction) of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI), Bonn, Germany.

Colloquia Presentations

• Barzilai S. (2024). Mitigating misinformation with digital games. Invited colloquium talk at the Chais center for learning technologies, the Open University of Israel. 

• Barzilai S. (2021). Epistemic disagreement and epistemic growth. Invited colloquium talk at the pedagogical observatory of the University of Montpellier, France.

• Barzilai S. (2021). Beyond technological fixes and nudges: An educational approach to addressing misinformation. Invited talk in the international online workshop "Beyond Fake News: Mitigating the Spread of Epistemically Toxic Content" organized by the Zefat Academic College and the University of Haifa. 

• Barzilai, S. (2019). Making sources visible: Designing epistemic scaffolds for inquiry with multiple information sources. Invited colloquium talk at the Department of Science Education, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel.

• Barzilai, S. (2017). Learning from multiple information sources: Challenges and opportunities. Invited anchor presentation. 15th conference of the Inter-University Center for e-Learning (IUCEL) - MEITAL, University of Haifa, Haifa.

• Barzilai, S. (2017). Seeing, playing, knowing: Learners’ epistemic thinking about multimedia sources. Invited colloquium talk at the Department of Education, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be’er-Sheva, Israel.

• Barzilai S., (2016).Thinking relationally about epistemic thinking and metacognition. Invited colloquium talk at the College of Education, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.

• Barzilai, S. (2015). Epistemic thinking with and about multiple information sources. Invited colloquium talk at Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.

• Barzilai, S., Thomm, E., & Bromme., R. (2015). Disciplinary and epistemic underpinnings of lay explanations for expert conflicts. Invited colloquium talk at the Graduate School of Education, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.

• Barzilai, S. (2015). And what if there is more than one answer? Epistemic challenges of constructing knowledge from multiple information sources. Invited colloquium talk at the Faculty of Education, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel. 

• Barzilai, S., & Zohar, A. (2015). Mapping the interplay of epistemic cognition and epistemic metacognition: A think-aloud study. Keynote lecture at the 1st International Self-Regulated Learning (SRL) Workshop in Israel, Bar-Ilan University, Israel. 

• Barzilai, S., & Ka'adan, I. (2015). Fostering comprehension of  multiple information sources: The contribution of epistemic meta-strategic knowledge. Invited colloquium talk at the Institute of Psychology, University of Muenster, Germany.

• Barzilai, S. (2012). Recess is over, let’s play! Digital games at school. Invited talk in the Serious Games Conference, University of Haifa and the Weizmann Institute, Haifa, Israel.