Dann Hurlbert

Background

About Dann Hurlbert

Dann Hurlbert is Carleton College's Media & Design Specialist where he works directly with faculty to develop effective instructional videos and to evaluate associated learning and video effectiveness. In that role, Dann also supervises 30 students and manages Carleton's campus Event video production. Prior to Carleton, Dann spent 15 years teaching video production and theatre and worked as a professional actor and director — appearing in 50+ television commercials and nearly that many stage productions. His MFA thesis included producing an instructional video entitled How to Write and Produce Your Own High School Musical, which is currently being distributed through Films Media Group. He's a published author, with a Christian Fiction YA novel, Suddenly Rural Girl, co-written with his teen daughter, released in 2024. He’s got a certificate in online teaching through UW Stout and has loads of experience as both a face-to-face and online instructor. He also designed and manufactured the Little Prompter, a personal teleprompter that helps educators easily create and flawlessly delivery their own video content. After a successful launch and 2 years of fantastic sales, Little Prompter has been sold to another impressive video production hardware company. You'll often hear Dann advocate for the use of video. but only when it's both engaging and developed with assessment in mind.