ProfileChristopher WalshEditor

Dr. Christopher Walsh is a Senior Lecturer in Educational ICT and Professional Development in the Faculty of Education and Language Studies of The Open University. He has worked on several pedagogical initiatives in the Australia, Thailand, the USA and Afghanistan. His current research projects include ‘Literacy in the digital world of the twenty first Century: learning from computer games’ funded by Australian Research Council (ARC) (2007-2009); ‘Maintaining and expanding HIV prevention programmes at Mplus+: Producing animations to educate MSM to fashion safe sex practices and address low perceptions of personal risk’ (Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (AFAO), 2008-2009) and ‘Expanding HIV prevention and outreach coverage @Mplus+’ (The Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR), 2009-2010).     

Email: walsh@digitalcultureandeducation.com

Website: http://www.open.ac.uk/education-and-languages/people/people-profile.php?staff_id=2418018

Articles by Christopher Walsh

Call for Papers for Special Themed Issue
July 15, 2010  |   0 Comments

Building the HIVe: Increasing social and political science representation in the HIV field by MSM and TG communities deploying digital technologies

This special themed issue of Digital Culture & Education (DCE) will showcase the diverse ways that men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender (TG) communities deploy networked and mobile technologies [...]

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Special themed issue: Beyond ‘new’ literacies
May 31, 2010  |   0 Comments

Dana J. Wilber
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References
Coiro et al. (2008). Central issues in new literacies and new literacies research. In J. Coiro, M. Knobel, C. Lankshear, D. Leu (Eds). Handbook of research on new literacies (pp 1-21). Mahwah, NJ: [...]

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Special themed issue: Beyond ‘new’ literacies
May 31, 2010  |   2 Comments

Dana J. Wilber
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As I write this editorial, I am amazed at the world in which it is located – a place and space that is constantly changing with the development of new technologies and the concurrent rise [...]

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Volume 2, Issue 1 Cover Art by Marion Grant
May 31, 2010  |   0 Comments

Marion Grant composes complex digital collages with rich, deep colors, layers of images and textures, references to distant cultures and to spiritual states of mind. Trained as a textile artist, she is a subtle colorist and versatile designer, with years of experience in design and fine art practices. She approaches her digital collages as a [...]

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Special themed issue: Beyond ‘new’ literacies
May 31, 2010  |   3 Comments

Dana J. Wilber Published Online: May 31, 2010
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Image courtesy of Marion Grant

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The language of Webkinz: Early childhood literacy in an online virtual world
May 31, 2010  |   2 Comments

Rebecca W. Black
Published Online: May 31, 2010
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Classroom uses of social network sites: Traditional practices or new literacies?
May 31, 2010  |   1 Comment

Maryam Moayeri
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Talking past each other: Academic and media framing of literacy
May 31, 2010  |   0 Comments

Katherine Ognyanova
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Education remix: New media, literacies, and the emerging digital geographies
May 31, 2010  |   1 Comment

Lalitha Vasudevan
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Digital Technologies and performative pedagogies: Repositioning the visual
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Kathryn Grushka & Debra Donnelly
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Call for Papers for Special Themed Issue: Building the HIVe


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Call for Papers for Special Themed Issue: Building the HIVe