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Gordon Pask’s Conversation Theory and Interaction of Actors Theory: Research to Practice

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|Aug 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.58695/ec.11 | Journal eISSN: 2754-5512
Language: English
Page range: 1 - 1
Submitted on: Dec 2, 2023
Accepted on: Mar 11, 2024
Published on: Aug 19, 2024
Published by: The Cybernetics Society
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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