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Bibliotecas Municipales A Coruña

Blogs as a new form of invisible schools, with the blogger as someone interested on a certain subject, contributing to public debate around it, receiving comments from other people that share the same interest, and influenced by a small minority. Blogs as personae knowledge repositories, portfolios and second brains. [Galician abstract] Os blogs como unha nova forma de colexios invisibles, a partir da imaxe do blogger como persoa interesada nun tema que difunde e absorbe os comentarios de outros interesados no mismo e influenciados por uns poucos. Os blogs como repositorio persoal de coñecemento, como portafolio e cerebro auxiliar.

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