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This article is a response submitted for ourseries [http://www.hybridpedagogy.com/tag/critical-digital-pedagogy-cfp/]about critical digital pedagogy.See the original CFP for details [http://www.hybridpedagogy.com/page-two/cfp-critical-digital-pedagogy/]. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It is

This article is a response submitted for our series [http://www.hybridpedagogy.com/tag/critical-digital-pedagogy-cfp/] about critical digital pedagogy. See the original CFP for details [http://www.hybridpedagogy.com/page-two/cfp-critical-digital-pedagogy/]. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Educational

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