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Stephen Downes

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Yes they are, says Brian Kelly, but he doesn't see anything wrong with this (though he does object to the use of the word 'lured'). Especially since "those pre-existing open or naturally formed environments would appear to be those social network and social sharing services owned by those bastions of open and democratic educational values - Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Microsoft..."

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