Lisette Meijrink

Lisette Meijrink is Senior Communication Advisor at the Open University in the Netherlands. The Dutch Open University is specialised in higher education for all students (18+) through supported distance learning. The Open University is characterized by its open, public nature: bachelor programmes and individual courses are available to students without previous qualifications, and our internet services are available to both OU students and visitors from outside.Within the Open University, there was no program where students could find help for their problems with study plans and study problems. In 2007 the open University started a project “the Studiecoach” and Lisette became project manager from this project. She offers with the help of different website-tools study-related tools; such as movies, tests and trainings, as well as tools to plan their study, for example mindmapping, time-management, stress-management etc… Students can find on the” Studiecoach” tips, suggestions and training materials to improve the quality of their learning and study experience.The main goal is to help students on their way to a successful completation of their studies at the Open University.Her expertise is most importantly in the domain of education, where the needs of students are translated to technologies and eLearning (including game based learning), seeking for appropriate user friendly (multi)media in education, and finally in project management. Her expertise is also in creating visualization, actions, colour, graphics and design.Lisette Meijrink graduated at the Vrije Leergangen Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, to become teacher Netherlands and Arts. Then she completed the HBO-course of Journalism at the LOI (Leidse Onderwijsinstellingen). In addition she has completed the course of study under the direction and supervision of the New York Training Institute for Neuro-Linguistic Programming at the level of Practitioner and Master.