Colin Reynolds brings over 15 years experience as a classroom teacher, instructor, administrator, and consultant to Education Design Lab as a Senior Strategic Impact Director. Colin’s program areas include Learning Mobility, Experience You, Last Mile to Hire, and advises on projects related to learning and employment records, digital credentials, and open technology and learning standards.

Prior to joining the Lab, Colin was the Vice President of Learning for Learning Economy Foundation, where he led projects related to open technology standards, learning and assessment design, and social architecture. Colin holds a Bachelor of Science in Education and a Master of Education in Leadership and Policy Studies. Colin is excited to join the Lab because he believes that individuals should be empowered through their lived experiences and wants to continue building systems that support learning and employment opportunities.

HOMETOWN: Crookston, Minnesota

BACHELOR’S: B.S. Elementary Education, Valparaiso University 

MASTER’S: Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Loyola University Chicago

FAVORITE QUOTE: “I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think”. – Socrates

WHEN I’M NOT AT WORK I’M… building digital learning systems and infrastructure, or coaching baseball, hanging at live concert venues, playing in the mountains, and searching for the world’s best coffee shops.