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Singapore tries out social media in university classrooms

SEP 08, 2010
Physics Today
Chronicle of Higher Education : The government of Singapore is determined that the island nation should cultivate knowledge-based industries to thrive in the 21st century. To reach that goal, Singapore invests heavily in science and technology and promotes a tech-friendly business environment. It is also adopting wikis and other social media in its university classrooms—with mixed results, as the Chronicle‘s Jeffrey Young reports.
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