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- ↑ Fried, Ina (March 10, 2004). "PARC founder George Pake dies". cnet . Retrieved 30 December 2009.
- ↑ Wenger, E. (1998) Communities of practice: learning, meaning, and identity. New York: Cambridge University Press.
- ↑ Lave, J. and Wenger, E. (1991) Situated learning: legitimate peripheral participation. New York: Cambridge University Press.
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