Talk given to students at Vientiane College 25th November 2013
27 November 2013
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27 November 2013
by Aisha
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Talk given to students at Vientiane College 25th November 2013
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
7 October 2013
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During the summer, I spent a week at Laurieston Hall in Scotland. In addition to being situated amidst acres of woodland and farmland, with private access to a loch, the hall is (almost) and internet free zone. There is no … Continue reading
1 October 2013
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Academic staff routinely advise students against citing blogs in their essays. This can be a problem for students as Google and other search engines often return results for blogs and for other ‘grey literature’ above results for peer-reviewed articles unless … Continue reading
3 September 2013
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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
29 August 2013
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Academic hygiene (Walker, in press) is particularly important when students are working extensively with digital resources. With paper-based study, students who do not practice good academic hygiene might find themselves searching the library bookshelves on assignment-submission day for the book(s) … Continue reading
17 June 2013
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It seems that there is an irresistible urge to categorise people as ‘techies’ or ‘non-techies’. The best-known of these dichotomies is Prensky’s ‘Digital Natives’ vs ‘Digital Immigrants’ (Prensky 2001a, 2001b). Prensky’s argument was that today’s children and young people are … Continue reading
20 May 2013
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Today’s children are often described as ‘digital natives’ or ‘the net generation’ having grown up with digital devices: laptops; netbooks; Xboxes; Nintendo; Wiis; iPads/Pods/Phones; smartphones; Kindles… Intuitively this rings true as many people have seen babies and toddlers playing with … Continue reading