Katrin is an award winning, internationally known expert in the design and analysis of Serious Games and in gamification in the classroom. She holds two CS degrees and a PhD in Educational Technology. She is a certified instructional designer with a graduate certificate in serious game design and research. She has over 30 years of teaching experience and has taught CS, videogame design, DGBL, and technical writing. Her teaching innovations have been internationally recognized and she is widely published. She designs and develops eLearning in all sectors, including educational and advertising games. She is also the author of two books; one on the technical aspects of simulations and games written for non-technical people (2011), and another on choosing and using digital games for the classroom, due out soon.