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The Change Laboratory as a Collaborative Approach to Designing Tools and Activity Systems for Learning

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The Change Laboratory as a Collaborative Approach to Designing Tools and Activity Systems for Learning. / Bligh, Brett.
Design for Education: Spaces and Tools for Learning. ed. / Ana Rute Costa; Rachel Cooper. London: Routledge, 2024. (Design for Social Responsibility).

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Bligh, B 2024, The Change Laboratory as a Collaborative Approach to Designing Tools and Activity Systems for Learning. in AR Costa & R Cooper (eds), Design for Education: Spaces and Tools for Learning. Design for Social Responsibility, Routledge, London. <https://www.routledge.com/Design-for-Education-Spaces-and-Tools-for-Learning/Costa-Cooper/p/book/9781032552675>

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Bligh, B. (in press). The Change Laboratory as a Collaborative Approach to Designing Tools and Activity Systems for Learning. In A. R. Costa, & R. Cooper (Eds.), Design for Education: Spaces and Tools for Learning (Design for Social Responsibility). Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Design-for-Education-Spaces-and-Tools-for-Learning/Costa-Cooper/p/book/9781032552675

Vancouver

Bligh B. The Change Laboratory as a Collaborative Approach to Designing Tools and Activity Systems for Learning. In Costa AR, Cooper R, editors, Design for Education: Spaces and Tools for Learning. London: Routledge. 2024. (Design for Social Responsibility).

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Bligh, Brett. / The Change Laboratory as a Collaborative Approach to Designing Tools and Activity Systems for Learning. Design for Education: Spaces and Tools for Learning. editor / Ana Rute Costa ; Rachel Cooper. London : Routledge, 2024. (Design for Social Responsibility).

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