Academia - Dr Aisha Walker

Dr Aisha Walker ICT in Education Telephone: 0113 343 4633 Email: S.A.Walker@education.leeds.ac.uk

Teaching I teach on the MA ICT in Education . I am also involved in course development using virtual learning environments and can provide input on other courses to develop appropriate pedagogies for teaching and learning with ICT. I am a member of the Institute of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education . Research Interests My main research interest is in the educational use of computer-mediated communication, especially synchronous computer-mediated communication (CMC). I am in interested in the strategies used by teachers and learners interacting in a CMC environment and how those strategies can be made more effective. I am also interested in the development of roles, relationships and groups in CMC educational contexts and the extent to which the CMC medium offers cognitive and affective benefits to teaching and learning. As my background is in English Language Teaching - especially English for Academic Purposes - 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. Interaction, Communication and Learning Technologies I co-ordinate the Interaction, Communication and Learning Technologies Group which brings together people with a common research interest in the interactions that occur between people and between people/computers when technology is used for learning and teaching. Details of our seminars can be found on the ICLT website .