about reed

Further Background

Reed currently serves as a director at Pima Community College where he leads their Academic Leadership Initiative and has taught courses for faculty in online pedagogy, instructional design, inclusive design, educational technology and AI. At Pima, Reed also teaches courses for students in composition, creative nonfiction, poetry writing and literature.

Previously, Reed directed a K-12 teacher education program at Teachers College, Columbia University in New York City and brings extensive experience designing and managing K20 learning experiences for faculty development, teacher education, academic leadership, educational technology adoption, and student learning. As a designer of these experiences, Reed takes a UX approach that builds upon human-centered design while pursuing "innovations of meaning." 

As an advocate for student-centered learning and faculty-centered praxis, Reed has facilitated hundreds of local and national workshops that bridge educators' core beliefs and aspirations with emerging teaching, course design, and EdTech practices.  Beyond Pima, Reed has spoken on AI-informed pedagogy, educational technology, writing pedagogy, and online learning for ASU+GSV, Quality Matters, WCET, OLC, Educause, AAC&U, ITC, the POD Network, D2L Fusion, MLA and NCTE.

When not teaching or designing faculty development experiences, Reed also advises EdTech startups as well as colleges and K-12 school districts. Connect with Reed via social media (ReedDicksonUX) or email using the links below.