Heard, R. A. (2012, June), Technology Impact: From Utopia to Wasteland  Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas. 10.18260/1-2--22025

\bibitem{asee_peer_22025}
  Heard, R. A. (2012, June), \emph{Technology Impact: From Utopia to Wasteland}
  Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, San Antonio, Texas.
  10.18260/1-2--22025

Robert A. Heard.  "Technology Impact: From Utopia to Wasteland".  2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas, 2012, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2012.  https://peer.asee.org/22025 Internet.  18 Apr, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_22025}
  Robert A. Heard.
  "Technology Impact: From Utopia to Wasteland".
  \emph{2012 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, San Antonio, Texas, 2012, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2012.
  https://peer.asee.org/22025 Internet.  18 Apr, 2024

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