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Advertising or Education? Sometimes It's Hard To Tell

Stephen Downes, Lisa Neal, eLearn Magazine, Feb 01, 2008
Commentary by Stephen Downes

Lisa Neal wrote a blog post and asked me to comment. I commented, she said "show me", I did, and then with a little writing back and forth, this article in eLearn Magazine was born. Enjoy.

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