Supporting Refugee Distance Education: A Review of the Literature

• In Event: Supporting Online learning
  In Roundtable Session: Supporting Online Learning-DDL

Short Description

The goal of our session is to share the results of our paper titled ‘Supporting Refugee Distance Education: A Review of the Literature’ that was recently published in the American Journal of Distance Education while also opening up the room for discussion on how practitioners can help support this vulnerable population. The paper was a systematic literature review about the use of information communication technology (ICT) for educational and integrative purposes for refugees located in urban and camp situations.

Authors

• Presenter: Randa Taftaf, University of South Florida

• Presenter: Christy Williams, University of South Florida