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Minimal Computing in Refugee Education in Uganda: Economies of Digital Use and Non-Use, and the Right Constraints
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Martha Akello; Michael Gallagher; Sandra Nanyunja; Apollo Mulondo; J. J. Miranda; Georgia Cole; Jean-Benoit Falisse – Learning, Media and Technology, 2024
Using the Foundations for All (FFA) project as a frame for broader discussions of minimal computing, this paper explores education for displaced populations in Uganda and the role technology has in that education. FFA (2018-2022) was a collaboration designed to develop and implement a blended bridging programme for refugee students to participate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Refugees, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Connected Learning as Collaboration and Psychosocial Support: A Critical Reflection on a Bridging Programme for Refugees in Uganda
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Andie Reynolds; Sharon Boateng; Martha Akello; Sandra Nanyunja; Brooke Atherton El-Amine; Apollo Mulondo; Michael Gallagher; Jean-Benoit Falisse; Georgia Cole – Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2025
Uganda currently hosts approximately 1.7 million refugees (93% fully registered refugees, 3% asylum seekers and 4% stateless persons), the most in sub-Saharan Africa. Most refugees come from South Sudan (57%), Democratic Republic of Congo (32%), Burundi (3%), and Somalia (3%). Refugees largely live in rural based settlements within 12 districts…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cooperative Learning, Refugees, Transitional Programs