Bob Plants

Dr. Plants serves as Instructor. As Instructor, Bob is an editor and writes for the online journal, Educational Technology and Change. Bob serves as part of the leadership team for the Society for Instructional Technology in Teacher Education where he has participated in panels on Preparing Students for the 21st Century. His recent publications involve the topics: Technology and School reform and Online learning. Previously, he has served as the School of Education’s “webmaster” and on the technology committee. At the university level, he has served in the Faculty Senate, on the Committee for Intercollegiate Athletics, the committee for Academic Support services and the Student Retention Committee – Tupelo campus. As a graduate of the School’s teacher education program, Dr. Plants returned to the university after serving at the Center for the Study of Learning, Instruction, and Teacher Development as Senior Research Associate where he was involved with studies of best practices of teacher education and technology. Additionally, he has served at Vanderbilt University’s Learning Technology Center as Project Coordinator for the school’s Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers to Use Technology Grant (PT3). He began his career as Research Associate in the Center for the Study of Educational Policy at the University of Memphis. He holds an Ed.D. (2000) in Instructional Design and Technology from the University of Memphis.