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Michael Gallagher; Sandra Nanyunja; Martha Akello; Apollo Mulondo; Juan-Jose Miranda – International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 2024
This paper discusses hopeful futures for higher education and the use of technology in realising those futures through the lens of refugee education in Uganda. Through an analysis of qualitative research done with refugee students and teachers participating in a blended bridging programme designed to prepare students for entry and success in…
Descriptors: Refugees, Higher Education, Futures (of Society), Technology Uses in Education
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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
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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