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Keeping up with the tech-savvy: Professor's 1xbet online casino book looks at how smartphones, tablet computers reshaping learning and teaching
MANHATTAN -- College 1xbet online casino are bringing their playthings -- laptops, smartphones, tablet computers -- into the classroom, and that's good news for professors and for higher education, according to a Kansas State University expert.
Roger McHaney, a K-State management professor who specializes in education technology and training, is the author of the 1xbet online casino book, "The 1xbet online casino Digital Shoreline: How Web 2.0 and Millennials are Revolutionizing Higher Education."
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