Ellen Schuurink

Current

Research & Development Manager at ITpreneurs
Volunteer at Sonnenborgh - Musem & Sterrenwacht

Past

Junior Consultant at Van de Geijn Partners
Internship at TNO

Education

Universiteit Utrecht
Universiteit Utrecht
Stellenbosch University/Universiteit Stellenbosch

Universiteit Utrecht

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Industry

E-Learning

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Ellen Schuurink’s Summary

Advanced Learning Technologies, Cognitive Psychology, Art History

Ellen Schuurink’s Specialties:

Development: Cognitive ergonomics/ human factors, (new) concepts, innovation, ubiquitous media, game design, prototyping, interaction design.

Research: Observation/ questionnaire design, experimental design and statistical analysis using SPSS.

Ellen Schuurink’s Experience

Research & Development Manager

ITpreneurs

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

October 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)

Creating new products (concepts) for digital & blended educational programs.

Currently working on:
PEP: training (cognitive) skills for the unemployed
Raakvlak: Innovation in literacy
Taalfort: pronunciation game
van Krabbel tot Krul: language program for teachers in training
VVE DigitTaal Trainer: language program for kindergarten employees
Volunteer

Sonnenborgh - Musem & Sterrenwacht

(Museums and Institutions industry)

2005 — Present (4 years )
Junior Consultant

Van de Geijn Partners

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Management Consulting industry)

April 2007 — October 2008 (1 year 7 months)
Internship

TNO

(Research industry)

July 2007 — March 2008 (9 months)

ENGAGEMENT AND EMG IN SERIOUS GAMING: Experimenting with sound and dynamics in the Levee Patroller training game

A Different View on Second Life: Effects of Viewing Perspective on Affective Appraisal and Engagement

Ellen Schuurink’s Education

Universiteit Utrecht

MSc , Psychology , 2007 — 2008
Universiteit Utrecht

BA , Art History , 2004 — 2008
Stellenbosch University/Universiteit Stellenbosch

Honours , Semester , 2006 — 2007

Activities and Societies:

* Marketing Communication
* Consumer behaviour
* Afrikaans
Universiteit Utrecht

BSc , Pscyhology , 2003 — 2006

Additional Information

Ellen Schuurink’s Websites:

Ellen Schuurink’s Interests:

Geust Lecture: The psychology of the game @ HS Utrecht, 3rd year game design students Guest Lecture: Workshop Second Life @ UU, Introduction of information science for prospective students