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Aisha Walker

Thinking onscreen

1 April 2015
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Digital literacy or competence: why does it matter?

I imagine that people reading or hearing my argument for ‘digital competence’ rather than ‘digital literacy’, ask why the terms matter. Surely, they say, what is important is that people have the necessary skills to use digital tools regardless of … Continue reading

25 February 2015
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Resources for language teachers

This week I presented two professional development webinars for Oxford University Press.  During the sessions I asked participants to suggest resources that they would recommend and the response was fantastic!  Here are all the links from the webinars.  Oxford University … Continue reading

18 November 2013
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Dimensional disparity

In Walker and White (2013) we discuss the idea that our physical proximity to digital devices may be part of the reason that we become so emotionally engaged by digital interactions.  It’s easy to develop a feeling of intimacy and … Continue reading

3 September 2013
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Digialects

impson and Walker (forthcoming)  use the term ‘technolects’ to describe varieties of language used in digital contexts.  We proposed this as an alternative to words such as ‘netspeak’ (Crystal 2006)  in order to reflect the fact that different digital contexts … Continue reading