David Gagnon

My name is David Gagnon.

During the day I am at my office with the University of Wisconsin in Madison as part of a great team of instructors and instructional designers in the Academic Technology department.

At work I’m spending most of my time consulting and managing the creation of a number of video games and simulations to teach college level courses as part of what we call the ENGAGE program.

I also am interested in the role of collaboration in the learning process and am focusing much of this semester’s efforts into consulting with various faculty to help them design and evaluate exceptional activities in their courses that are integrated into the whole curriculum.

Last but not least, I am heading up a project called ARIS that allows teachers to use narrative and place based learning strategies to teach using the new breed of mobile devices like the iPhone. I’m sure I’ll write more about that soon.

At home, my wife Sarah and I are always doing a good bit of renovation on our east side madison home. Currently, we are gutting the kitchen after knocking down a wall and hope to have all the holes covered before it drops below freezing.