Michael G Wagner is an Associate Professor and the Director of the Digital Media Program at the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design. Prior to his position at Drexel he held academic teaching, research and executive management positions at the Department of Computer Science at Arizona State University, the Department of Educational Technology and Interactive Media at Danube University Krems, Austria, and the Christian University College of Teacher Education Vienna/Krems, Austria. His research interests focus on the educational use of digital media and computer games. He is the scientific director of “Ludwig”, a curriculum based physics learning game for middle schools that has been awarded with the German Game Developer Award for Best Serious Game 2011.