The Literacy, Educational Foundations, and Technology Department provides courses and programs in three main areas:

• reading/language arts, including teaching English to speakers of other languages
• educational foundations
• and technology/information literacy.

Courses are woven into the undergraduate and graduate Education programs. This provides students with fundamental knowledge to effectively utilize reading and technology skills in the classroom, as well as understand the social, historical, philosophical, cultural, economic, and political contexts of education.

At the graduate level, Literacy and Technology provide multiple master's programs, which are offered in face-to-face, hybrid, and online formats. We also provide a graduate certificate program in Online/Blended Instruction.

Organization

Department Chair: Dr. Mary Bair

Academic Department Coordinator: Lynnea Santoyo

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Location

496C Richard M. DeVos Center [map]

401 Fulton St. W
Grand Rapids, MI  49504

(616) 331-6819

Literacy, Educational Foundations, and Technology courses are integrated into GVSU's Education programs:

• Education Undergraduate Programs
• Education Graduate Programs

Literacy Studies

• Literacy Studies

Educational Technology

• Educational Technology

Certificate Programs

• Online/Blended Instruction
• English as a Second Language (ESOL) with optional ESL endorsement