Ryan Wetzel

Ryan has worked at Penn State since 2007 in the Media Commons, a service supporting all Penn State faculty, students, and staff in the use and creation of digital media in the classroom, and now serves as the manager of Creative Learning Initiatives in the Teaching and Learning with Technology group. In this role he oversees the Media Commons, Maker Commons, and Immersive Experiences Lab, all of which includes operating 25 multimedia experience labs at 21 Penn State campuses and leading a staff of multimedia specialists in providing curriculum support for the use of multimedia and making technologies, and implementing new innovative solutions like the One Button Studio, on-demand 3D printing, rapid prototyping in the Invention Studio, and immersive media like 360° video and augmented reality. Ryan has concentrated on using digital storytelling and digital fluency as crucial components of the 21st century classroom. Ryan has a BA in Digital Video and Media Production from Juniata College and is completing a masters in Media Studies at Penn State’s College of Communications.