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Today was an appropriate day to write the last chapter of this book. As I reflect on critical pedagogy and polymodal education, I was reminded, in a very concrete way, of the shifting nature of learning and of the impact that digital technologies have had on our lives. A few hours ago, I went to a meeting on the other side of my university’s campus.
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Loveless, D.J., Griffith, B. (2014). Critical Pedagogy for a Polymodal World. In: Critical Pedagogy for a Polymodal World. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-827-5_6
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