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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: c.s.walsh@open.ac.uk

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

Articles by Christopher Walsh

Book Review of Matthew K. Gold’s (2012) Debates in the digital humanities. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
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Craig Bellamy
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Matthew K. Gold (ed.). (2012). Debates in the digital humanities. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 9780816677955.516 pages. USD 34.95.
Matthew K Gold has brought together a number of leading figures in Debates in the Digital Humanities in a broad-ranging collection of articles that attempt to outline the [...]

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Developing and Applying a Foreign Language Vocabulary Learning and Practicing Game: The effect of VocaWord
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Levent Uzun, Ugar R. Cetinavci, Sedat Korkmaz & Umut Salihoglu
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The present study reports on the findings related to the effect of playing a vocabulary learning and practicing game in elementary English classes at university level, and the attitudes and beliefs of the subjects about playing [...]

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Young people and Facebook: What are the challenges to adopting a critical engagement?
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Luciana Pangrazio
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This article presents findings from a recent study into the ways young people are engaging with the social networking site Facebook. It draws on a qualitative, small-scale study with six 13 and 14 year old girls who have been using Facebook daily for two [...]

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Towards hacker literacies: What Facebook’s privacy snafus can teach us about empowered technological practices
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Rafo Santo
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This article highlights an emerging set of literate media practices that are simultaneously critical and participatory in nature. These practices, themselves natural responses to a shifting new media landscape, have echoes of existing media literacy paradigms, though are not fully encapsulated by them. Through an [...]

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Innovations in incapacity: Education, technique, subject
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A.J. Bartlett
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This essay addresses the question of change as it is expressed in debates on the introduction and use of new digital technologies in contemporary education. It sets out some of the terms of this debate, concerning MOOCs in particular, and puts into question [...]

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5 Years: Editorial
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Thomas Apperley & Christopher S. Walsh

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This issue of Digital Culture & Education marks the beginning of DCE’s fifth year in publication.  We proudly remain open access with a Creative Commons License to challenge the ongoing hegemony of educational publishers that impede research on digital culture [...]

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5 Years: Editorial
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Thomas Apperley & Christopher S. Walsh

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Innovation in incapacity: Education, technique, subject
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A.J. Bartlett
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Towards hacker literacies: What Facebook’s privacy snafus can teach us about empowered technological practices
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Rafo Santo
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Young people and Facebook: What are the challenges to adopting a critical engagement?
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Luciana Pangrazio
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