About Me

Anne Reed is the Director of Micro-Credentials and Digital Badges at the University at Buffalo (UB). She created a process for proposing, reviewing, developing, and implementing new micro-credential programs at the university. With a background in instructional design, Anne previously worked as an instructional designer for the Center for Educational Innovation at UB and as Program Manager for Open SUNY. She led a SUNY-wide team to develop the award-winning course, Quality by Design, which has trained over 600 faculty and staff in New York State in curriculum design strategies and offers digital badges to recognize professional competencies. Anne is also the co-founder of the Meaningful Gamification Academy (MeGa). Her research focuses on gamification in higher education and the use of digital badges as alternative credentials. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Curriculum, Instruction, and the Science of Learning.