Q & A with Ed Tech Leaders: Interview with Bryant Griffith
ARTICLE
Michael F. Shaughnessy
Educational Technology Volume 55, Number 3, ISSN 0013-1962
Abstract
Bryant Griffith is a Regents Professor at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi and Director of the Curriculum and Instruction Doctoral Program. Previously, he was Professor and Director of the School of Education at Acadia University, and Professor and Associate Dean at the University of Calgary. His research interests include situated literacies/pedagogies, digital literacies, polymodal narratives, and curriculum issues. In this interview, Griffith shares that although he did not complete high school, he was enrolled in over ten universities until the personal computer literally changed his life. Griffith believes that the computer has restructured the relationship between teacher and learner. In this interview, he says that teachers are no longer the fountain of knowledge but that the internet is. Technology's inclusion in education is undeniable, regardless of one's feelings and fears of social control. Griffith asserts that the future of education involves an increasing amount of technology, and teachers must be effective users of computers, informed questioners, as well as reflective producers of technology, combining functional and critical ability. A list of suggested readings is provided.
Citation
Shaughnessy, M.F. (2015). Q & A with Ed Tech Leaders: Interview with Bryant Griffith. Educational Technology, 55(3), 42-49. Retrieved August 7, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/175001/.
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Keywords
- active learning
- Career Development
- Change Agents
- Definitions
- Educational Philosophy
- Educational Practices
- Educational Trends
- electronic learning
- Humanities Instruction
- Influence of Technology
- instruction
- Interviews
- learning
- Mass Media Effects
- Mass Media Use
- Multiple Literacies
- Navigation (Information Systems)
- online courses
- Profiles
- Racial Bias
- Remedial Reading
- Teacher Student Relationship
- teaching methods
- Time Management
- usability