i'm an associate professor of design, informal, and creative education in the C&I department at university of wisconsin - madison. i study how people learn with, around, and about technology using design research, data mining/ai, and mixed methods studies, and i build museum exhibits, board games, cooperative games, and learning tools. i'm also the director of the game design program and affiliate faculty in computer sciences, the ischool, ed psych, and science/technology studies.

[keywords: learning sciences, constructionism, game design, machine learning, board games, mobile games, learning analytics, computer science education, museum education]