Petra Fischer
Petra Fischer has a background in Art Studies and Communication Studies. She graduated from Utrecht University in 1998 with a MA in Media Psychology. She has since been active as trainer, educational designer and consultant specialized in ICT and Learning/ the integration of ICTs in education: in secondary education and professional education as well as in higher education.
She started her working career in 1998 at IVLOS Institute of Education, a department of Utrecht University that provides teacher education and educational support, design and development. Thereafter she continued her working career on the subject of ICT and Learning working at Kennisnet (the internet organisation for primary, secondary and professional education in the Netherlands), at NijghVersluys (an educational publisher) and at its learning (a producer of a digital learning environment).
In June 2006 she started working as educational designer, trainer and advisor at the Centre for Educational Training, Assessment and Research (CETAR) from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. She will replace Janneke van der Hulst on the VideoAktiv project during her maternity leave.