Alison Link

Alison Link is an M.A. student in Multicultural College Teaching & Learning at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.

Dr. David Neville

Currently pursuing an interdisciplinary software development project that will program a 3D digital game-based learning environment for the teaching of the German language, vocabulary, and culture to beginning university students. Specifically, the team will develop a graphic adventure game requiring students to navigate a virtual German train station while meeting specific instructional goals such as purchasing a train ticket, locating the appropriate track, making sense of arrival and departure tables, and interacting with non-player characters (NPCs). The DigiBahn Project research blog can be found at http://digibahn.blogspot.com

David O. Neville is assistant professor of German Language and Literature and Director of Language Learning Technologies at Elon University. He holds a Ph.D. in German Language and Literature, with an emphasis in Medieval Studies, from Washington University in St. Louis, and a M.S. in Instructional Technology from Utah State University.

Kevin Wiliarty

Kevin Wiliarty is Academic Technology Coordinator for the Social Sciences at Wesleyan University where he helps faculty apply digital technologies to their teaching and research. He holds a Ph.D. in German Linguistics from the University of California, Berkeley and has taught at Berkeley, Wesleyan, and the University of Connecticut. He has also worked as web technology coordinator for the Henry Carter Hull public library in Clinton, CT. His current professional focus is to explore and promote scholarly and pedagogical uses of web technologies including blogs, wikis, RSS, and social bookmarking.