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My name is Ania. I work at the University of Gdańsk (Poland) as a part time teacher/part time scientist in the field of marine microbiology/biotechnology.

I’m a rookie in the blogosphere. I’ve started this blog, because this month i joined the ONL course. I hope that my blog will be the place for me to stop and reflect on digital world of teaching and learning, in this crazy, fast reality.

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