Karl Royle is Principal Lecturer for Curriculum Innovation at the School of Education, University of Wolverhampton, UK. A former teacher in inner city schooling and manager in post-16 education, Karl is a teacher educator and advocate of immersive and collaborative learning. Karl specialises in integrating active and project-based learning, literacy, and language development into vocational subjects and latterly video games and digital spaces. He is currently running an innovative e-games project for disengaged youth in schools in the West Midlands. He has worked on various e-learning materials development projects for national agencies such as The Learning and Skills Council, Department for Education and Skills, National Learning Network, and the Quality Improvement Agency.