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Title: Bridging the Empathy Gap: Hands-On Exploration of Human-Empathy Accessibility Learning (HEAL) Interventions in Computer Science Education
Award ID(s):
2336941 2145010 2111152
PAR ID:
10562593
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges
Date Published:
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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