Dr Aisha Walker
Senior Lecturer in ICT in Education
Tel: +44 (0)113 3434633
Room: G10 Hillary Place
Email: S.A.Walker@education.leeds.ac.uk
Programme Leader for MA ICT in Education, ICT in Education Research Group coordinator, Head of PGT Strategy and Blended Learning Co-ordinator for the School of Education
Member of ICT and Education, Centre for Language Education Research.
Interests
Teaching
I manage the MA ICT and Education and teach modules related to ICT and e-learning. My background includes linguistics and English language teaching so I also teach a module on Language Learning and Teaching with ICT.
Research
Within the general field of ICT in education my specialist research area is e-learning especially computer-mediated communication (CMC) and the pedagogies of e-learning. I am particularly interested in the strategies used by teachers and learners interacting in a CMC environment and roles, relationships and groups in CMC. I am also interested in academic literacy and discourse, in particular the ways in which the teaching/learning of these skills may be supported through ICT and CMC. Other interests include CMC and the WWW as tools for research and young people's use of ICT.
Selected Publications
PAPERS
Walker, S. A. (2004). "Socratic Strategies and Devil’s Advocacy in Synchronous CMC Debate". Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 20/3, 172-182.
Pilkington, R. & Walker, A. (2003). "Discussion Skills in Higher Education: Developing Constructive Argument in an Online Community". Instructional Science, 31, 41-63.
CHAPTERS
Walker, S. A. (2005). "Is s/he really necessary? The effect of tutor presence before and during synchronous CMC discussion" in: A. Méndez Vilas, B. Gonzalez Pereira, J. Mesa González and J. A. Mesa González (Ed.) Recent Research Developments in Learning Technologies: Proceedings of III International Conference on Multimedia & ICTs in Education, Caceres, Spain, 7-10 June 2005. Formatex.
Walker, S. A. and Pilkington, R.M. (2004). "Using CMC to Develop Writing Skills at CHALCS" in: M. Monteith (Ed.) Teaching Secondary School Literacies with ICT. Open University Press.
Walker, S. A. (2004). "Social Strategies and Group Development in Discourse for e-Learning" in: P. Isaias, P. Kommers and M. McPherson (Ed.) Proceedings of IADIS e-Society 2004 Conference, 16-19 July 2004, Avila, Spain.. IADIS.
Pilkington, R. M. &. Walker, S. A. (2003). "Overcoming ‘Literacy Deficit’: Using CMC to Develop Written Argument" in: Andriessen, Baker and Suthers (Ed.) Arguing to Learn: Confronting Cognitions in Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Environments. Kluwer Academic.
Extended list of publications.
This page last updated by Aisha Walker on 24th September 2009