Ivonne Dekker

Since entering the job market, Ivonne has been actively involved in Education and Training, lecturing in a vocational environment, (Roodepoort College), an academic and research environment (Monash South Africa, a satellite campus of Monash Australia), and 10 years at the Hogeschool Utrecht (Creative Business), a 4-year English taught Bachelor Programme, in a blended/hybrid learning environment.

Ivonne started her career as a primary school Teacher in South Africa, after completing a four-year, full-time teaching qualification. Subsequently she completed a bachelor (1987) and a master’s degree (2010) in the field of Communication at the University of South Africa and accepted a teaching position, first at a vocational tertiary institution (Roodepoort College) and subsequently at Monash South Africa, a satellite campus of Monash Australia, where she taught Communication and Media Related courses for 5 years. In 2011 Ivonne relocated to the Netherlands and joined the International Communication and Media (ICM) Program at the Hogeschool Utrecht. In 2015 she obtained a PHD from the University of Tilburg in the field of Media Studies. In the ICM Program Ivonne was the graduation coordinator and the year 4 coordinator for 3 years. She was also the project manager for the year 4 curriculum which was redesigned and ran successfully for 4 years, before the program was rebranded as CB and the curriculum redesigned. She taught a diversity of courses media related courses ranging from year 1-year 4. In 2013 she conceptualized, and with a team of lecturers developed the minor Media Psychology which has grown from 1 class annually, to 5. The minor is currently on offer at KOM and attracts students from across the Netherlands.

In 2020 Ivonne (second editor) published a collection of edited research papers as a book with 2 previous colleagues Dennis Nguyen (first editor) and Sergul Nguyen (third editor) with Palgrave. In December 2021 the fifth, 7-week COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning) project with universities from Poland, Finland and Spain was successfully completed and during this month Ivonne was appointed as a member of the Assessment Committee and as a member of the “raad van advies” for Trainingen voor Virtuele Internationale Samenwerkingsprojecten (VIS) initiated by Nikolien van Lidth de Jeude.

• Course coordinator: Cyberpsychology and Mass Media and Persuasion (Minor media Psychology (Pitched on year 3 level) and Framing in the Media, elective year 2.
• Lecturer: Media Culture, year 1, Cross Media Fundamentals, year 2, courses from the minor.
• Curriculum design: The minor Media Psychology.
• Assessment BQE qualification.
• Collaborative International Virtual Exchange Projects (Universities abroad; Australia, Poland, Finland, Spain).

Research focuses on framing effects in the Media, Media Culture and Virtual Exchange.

Projects

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Scholarly publications

• Submitted for publication in 2021 to the journal for Virtual Exchange: Title: Under the magnifying glass: Critical moments in Virtual Exchange. Authors: Judit Hahn, Ivonne Dekker, Katarzyna Radke. (Awaiting the outcome).
• Nguyen, D. & Dekker, I. (2020). Combining Qualitative and Digital Methods for Exploratory Framing Analyses: The Case of Alternative Video Coverage of the Syrian War on YouTube (To be published in April 202, by Palgrave).

• 2021 BQE Certificate: Assessment proficiency
• 2015 PHD: University of Tilburg (Part Time).
• 2010 Master’s Degree: University of South Africa (Part Time 2 years).
• 2003 Honours Degree in Communication: UNISA (Part Time 2 years).
• 1987 B.A. Degree: UNISA, 1987 (Part Time 2 years) Majors: Communication, Education.
• 2001 Certificate in Corporate Training (with distinction) UNISA.
• 1980 Higher Education Teaching Diploma: Goudstad Teacher’s Training College (4 years full time).