Dr Aisha Walker
- Position: Associate Professor
- Areas of expertise: Digitally-mediated discourse, children and digital technologies, digital games and learning, technology and language learning
- Email: S.A.Walker@leeds.ac.uk
- Phone: +44(0)113 343 4633
- Location: 2.16a Hillary Place
- Website: Aisha Walker
Responsibilities
- EdD Director
Research interests
Within the general field of digital technologies and learning, my specialist research area is digitally-mediated discourse: how people interact in digitally-mediated environments and how discussion can support learning. I am especially interested in children's and young people's uses of and interactions through digital technologies. 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 technology. Current work includes the Edubots project (https://www.edubots.eu/) which explores the potential for using chatbots in Education.
<h4>Research projects</h4> <p>Some research projects I'm currently working on, or have worked on, will be listed below. Our list of all <a href="https://essl.leeds.ac.uk/dir/research-projects">research projects</a> allows you to view and search the full list of projects in the faculty.</p>Student education
I teach modules related to digital education and 'children in the digital age' and technology enhanced language learning.