Biography

I am an Emerging Technologies Librarian (Emeritus) at the University at Buffalo, focused on innovative digital pedagogy and how people learn with technology. My work supports students, faculty, and other stakeholders in exploring and thoughtfully implementing both established and emerging technologies, with current research and practice centered on extended reality (XR) for teaching, training, and experiential learning.

I am a lifelong learner and connector. In a fast-moving, information-rich landscape—especially within emerging technologies—I continuously learn, synthesize insights, and share them broadly, connecting people to ideas, projects, tools, and to one another.

This approach guides my role as Project Director of SUNY Explore Emerging Technologies for Lifelong Learning (#EmTech) (http://emtech.suny.edu/). #EmTech is a free, discovery-based online learning experience offered through Coursera that helps participants examine the value and implications of emerging technologies while building lifelong learning habits.

The project includes two complementary components: the #EmTech course, which supports dialogue and shared learning, and EmTechWIKI, a socially curated discovery engine for emerging technology tools, tutorials, and resources that can be used with the course or as a standalone resource.

Additional information about my research and interests is available at http://buffalo.edu/~rrs.