Linda Bradley

Currently, I am is a PhD student and lecturer mainly teaching language and communication courses for computer science and software engineering. My research interest for the PhD project is within the area of language learning and technology investigating engineering student interaction, communication and linguistic production in web-based environments within higher education. My focus is student collaboration and intercultural learning on web-based platforms. In addition, I have a general interest in self-directed learning on emergent mobile devices.

Concerning my academic background, I have a background within language learning and information technology. I have a Master’s degree in languages and a Bachelor’s degree in information technology. I also take part in the research seminar Learning and IT (LIT).

Current research activities
My current PhD project addresses Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) and more specifically collaborative language learning, exploring student activities on web-based writing platforms such as wikis and blogs. So far, I have published two articles and one book chapter for my thesis and I am presently working with my fourth study. The studies address questions of how student activities are made visible and implications of how students negotiate and interact in a web-based environment.

Affiliations
The Linnaeus Centre for Research on Learning, Interaction and Mediated Communication in Contemporary Society (LinCS), University of Gothenburg
Department of Education, Communication and Learning, University of Gothenburg
European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL)