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The movie, radio, and television: classroom without walls (Marshall McLuhan)


The movie, radio, and television: classroom without walls 
(Marshall McLuhan)

He came up with some memorable phrases about the global village and the medium being the message but this one is my favourite; writing when the computer age was yet to bloom, he understood how the power of mass media had the ability to transform education.

We're still playing intellectual catch up with this amazing man and his thoughts!

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