Karl M. Kapp, Ed.D., is a professor, scholar, writer, and expert on the convergence of learning, technology and business with a focus on game-thinking, games and gamification for learning. Karl is an award-winning professor at Commonwealth University in Bloomsburg, PA and author or co-author of eight books including ““”The Gamification of Learning and Instruction” and “Play to Learn”. He is a senior researcher on a grant sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and has served as Co-Principle Investigator on two National Science Foundation (NSF) grants related to games and simulations.
Karl is founder of the consulting and game development firm, The Wisdom Learning Group, LLC, where he consults internationally with Fortune 500 companies and tech startups. He is co-founder of the digital card game learning company Enterprise Game Stack. He is the creator of the popular YouTube video series “The Unofficial, Unauthorized History of Learning Games” and author of the LinkedIn Newsletter: L&D Easter Eggs. He has been a TEDx speaker, international keynoter, and is author of over a dozen LinkedIn Learning Courses including “The Gamification of Learning and Instruction
In this interview, karl tells us more about his motivation to use gamification as a learning medium.