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Digital StudyHall DSH seeks to improveeducation for the poor children inslum and rural schoolsin India. In a nutshell thinkof its technical approach as the educational equivalent ofNetflix YouTube. We digitally record live classes by the best grassroots teacherstransmit them on the Postmanet effected by DVDs sent in the postalsystem collect them in a large distributed database and distributethem on DVDs to poor rural and slum schools. Education experts andteachers use the system to explore pedagogical approaches involvinglocal teachers actively mediating the video lessons.