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Images of educational practice: how school websites represent digital learning. / Crook, Charles; Lackovic, Natasa .
Handbook on digital learning for K-12 schools. ed. / Ann Marcus-Quinn; Triona Hourigan. Springer, 2016. p. 75-90.

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Crook, C & Lackovic, N 2016, Images of educational practice: how school websites represent digital learning. in A Marcus-Quinn & T Hourigan (eds), Handbook on digital learning for K-12 schools. Springer, pp. 75-90. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33808-8_6

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Crook, C., & Lackovic, N. (2016). Images of educational practice: how school websites represent digital learning. In A. Marcus-Quinn, & T. Hourigan (Eds.), Handbook on digital learning for K-12 schools (pp. 75-90). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33808-8_6

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Crook C, Lackovic N. Images of educational practice: how school websites represent digital learning. In Marcus-Quinn A, Hourigan T, editors, Handbook on digital learning for K-12 schools. Springer. 2016. p. 75-90 doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-33808-8_6

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Crook, Charles ; Lackovic, Natasa . / Images of educational practice : how school websites represent digital learning. Handbook on digital learning for K-12 schools. editor / Ann Marcus-Quinn ; Triona Hourigan. Springer, 2016. pp. 75-90

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