Garland, Natalie;
Louis, Bayan;
Alhalabi, Fadi;
Kennedy, Eileen;
(2023)
Hybrid higher education innovation for Syrian refugee learners: Reflections on an embedded community-based research CoMOOC.
Education and Conflict Review
, 4
pp. 81-88.
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Abstract
This paper explores an innovative approach to teaching refugee learners in higher education during Lebanon’s economic and political collapse. A connected hybrid learning model was piloted with Syrian higher education learners in Bekaa and Arsal, Lebanon, during the COVID-19 pandemic. At the core of the hybrid programme was a co-designed massive open collaboration, or CoMOOC, on community-based research. The authors describe community-based research as a fundamental teaching topic for remote refugee learners, due to the added value it provides by strengthening refugee community engagement through collective problem-solving. Advantages to using an online format, beyond reducing the risk of COVID-19 transmission, are discussed, including a range of implications for future higher education models in unstable and remote contexts. The authors conclude by considering the value of non-traditional forms of teaching which can strengthen refugees’ sense of belonging and agency.
Type: | Article |
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Title: | Hybrid higher education innovation for Syrian refugee learners: Reflections on an embedded community-based research CoMOOC |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
Publisher version: | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/departments-and-centres/... |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
Keywords: | online learning, community-based research, pandemic, refugees, Lebanon |
UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > UCL Institute for Global Prosperity |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10175044 |
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