As a Lead Tech at the Academic ADL Co-Lab Chris has been involved in various technology development initiatives at the AADLC, including some that are being considered for patent protections. Chris Raasch came to the CoLab in June of 2007 from Concordia University Wisconsin in Mequon, WI.  read more »

Joe has been with the Co-Lab for two years, coordinating SCORM certification, adding SCORM conformance to internal products, developing LibSCORM, and assisting in various software development and web  read more »

I am an e-learning developer/designer at the Academic ADL Co-Lab (AADLC). My focus is on Flash design and ActionScript development, specifically in the context of e-learning, interaction design and interface development. I have served as an instructional designer, project manager, graphic artist and e-learning programmer on a great variety of projects.  read more »

Picture: 

David Wirth is the Assistant Director of the Academic ADL Co-Lab He earned a B.S. degree in Education through the UW-Madison School of Education. After graduating David taught for seven years in the Madison Metropolitan School District before becoming an instructional designer for the University of Wisconsin Extension. David has worked for the Academic ADL Co-Lab for over three years, but has been involved in the ADL SCORM initiative for five years and was the first official SCORM Auditor for ADL.  read more »

Picture: 

Mark Wagler is a game producer and also project manager for our ARGH project. He studied cultural and intellectual history, comparative literature, creative writing, and theatre at Universität Bern in Switzerland, the University of Chicago, Kent State University, and the University of Wisconsin. A fulltime storyteller, folklorist, and consultant from 1979 to 1987, he documented local culture in many communities, and performed narratives he collected from traditional storytellers.  read more »

Orion is the graphic designer for the Co-Lab. He works on many of our development projects and is visual architect of this website.

Picture: 

As an e-learning designer/developer at the Academic ADL Co-Lab Rick's primary focus is the Academic ADL Co-Lab's SCORM training projects, but he is also part of several other initiatives.

Rick’s core skills are instructional design, Flash development, documentation design, classroom instruction, project management, and software simulation. Among Rick's other interests are user experience design, interface design, educational games, web communication tools, content management tools, information architecture and various web development technologies.  read more »

Sean is the conference coordinator for the AADLC. He is currently preparing for the 4th annual GLS Conference and the first annual Academic Fest.

Picture: 

Rovy Branon was appointed as the executive director of the AADLC in June 2007. Prior to his appointment, he was employed by Eli Lilly and Company in Indianapolis, Indiana as the U.S. Sales Division's leader of learning strategy and instructional design. Rovy has more than 17 years of experience leading teams developing instructional media in large corporate environments, start-up companies, museums, and higher education.  read more »