Wikipedia banned from from Middlebury College


	Wikipedia banned from from Middlebury College

Yao Jun

3-4-2007 5:06 PM

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web 2.0, internet, academics

Yao Jun says:

In the age of Web 2.0, who really owns knowledge?

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3-5-2007 7:38 PM

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