Karl M. Kapp, Ed.D., is an international speaker, scholar, writer, and expert on the convergence of learning, technology and business with a focus on game-thinking, games and gamification for learning. He serves as a professor of Instructional Technology at Bloomsburg University in Bloomsburg, PA. where he teaches several graduate courses and serves as the Director of the university’s Institute for Interactive Technologies. The institute works with businesses, non-profits and other organizations to help them create interactive and meaningful instruction. Karl is an award winning professor and author or co-author of eight books including the bestselling “The Gamification of Learning and Instruction” and “Play to Learn.” Karl is currently a senior researcher on a grant sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) which involves the intelligent us of microlearning. He has served as Co-Principle Investigator on two National Science Foundation (NSF) grants. Karl is founde