23 April 2015
by Aisha
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Once upon a time there was a traveller. He wasn’t young but he wasn’t old either and he wandered from village to village. His clothes were grey and always perfectly kept with not a tear nor a stray thread to … Continue reading
1 April 2015
by Aisha
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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
by Aisha
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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
24 February 2015
by Aisha
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This is the presentation that accompanied my keynote at the Tunisia TESOL Second International Conference. Digital technologies are not only tools that we use ‘to do things’ but also provide important sites for communication and literacy. In the digital age … Continue reading
6 March 2014
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This is the Prezi from my plenary on Technology, Assessment and Language Learning at the International Symposium on ICT for Language Learning and Teaching, 5-7 March 2014, Hotel El Mouradi Gammarth, Tunis.
21 November 2013
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18 November 2013
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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
by Aisha
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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