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Education for All

Pamela Fox
February 23, 2021

Education for All

How can educational resources be brought online in a scalable and accessible manner?

Slides were presented at HackThis, an education focused hackathon, in August 2020.

https://hackthis.hackillinois.org/

Pamela Fox

February 23, 2021
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