Karl Kapp

Karl M. Kapp, Ed.D. is a scholar, writer and expert on the convergence of learning, technology and business operations. Karl is a professor of instructional technology at Bloomsburg University in Bloomsburg, PA. Karl teaches graduate level courses including "Learning in 3D" and "Instructional Game Design". He is a Co-Principle Investigator on a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant titled "Simulation and Modeling in Technology Education (SMTE)." The goal of the grant is to develop a 3D interactive video game to teach middle school student's math, science and engineering concepts. Karl's team is responsible for combining game play and pedagogy. He was also a consultant on a project with Pearson to add game-elements to high stakes test preparation in a project called Zeos Academy.

Karl serves as the Director of Bloomsburg University's acclaimed Institute for Interactive Technologies (IIT). In that role, Karl helps government, corporate and non-profit organizations leverage learning technologies to positively impact employee productivity and organizational profitability through the effective use of learning. He provides advice on e-learning design, learning infrastructures, game-based design and e-learning technologies to such companies and organizations such as AstraZeneca, Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, Toys R Us, UL-Eduneering, Kellogg's, Sovereign Bank, and Federal Government Agencies.

Karl has written six books including "Learning in 3D" and "Gadgets, Games and Gizmos for Learning". His latest two books are "The Gamification of Learning and Instruction" and it's accompanying fieldbook. In his most recent, Karl explores the research and theoretical foundations behind effective game-based learning.

He has been interviewed and published articles in Training, ATD's T&D, Software Strategies, Knowledge Management, Distance Learning, and PharmaVoice, Training Quarterly, Forbes Online, Mashable and by general television, and radio programs concerning his work with learning, technology and game-based design and is scheduled as one of the featured speakers at Elliot Maise's Learning 2015 event. His work is included in Jeannie Novak's "Game Development Essentials" series. He blogs at the popular "Kapp Notes" web site and is a frequent keynote speaker at national and international conferences as well as events for private corporations and universities. He can be reached at www.karlkapp.com.