Belen Garcia de Hurtado is an instructional designer at the University of Michigan Dearborn. She earned her Ph.D. in Learning Design and Technology with a focus on engineering education from Purdue University. At the college level, she taught an introductory instructional technology course for pre-service teachers to design student-centered instruction for K-12, and also Spanish courses. She also taught four levels of German at the high school level. Her research interests are: online learning, game-based learning, and emergent technologies for learning STEM or language.