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Downes, Stephen

PublishedOctober 2014
Type of workWeb log post
PeriodicalEdition 2014, October 7
PublisherStephen Downes: Knowledge, Learning, Community


RefereedDoes not apply
Rightsby-nc-sa/3.0
URLhttp://www.downes.ca/post/62876
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