AHEEN offers a comprehensive approach to quality digital learning in displacement. Our roots are in the learning sciences and in bottom-up approaches to learning, well-being and knowledge production. Listen to AHEEN’s OEB Spotlight presentation on Higher Education in Emergencies to learn more. The presentation was done by Prof Barbara Moser-Mercer at the OEB conference in […]
We are proud to share this research brief that demonstrates how we applied our innovative approach to the challenge of living together peacefully in displacement. Our results illustrate that when we apply scientific principles to learning in displacement contexts and combine this with more locally led approaches, both individuals and communities stand to benefit in
PAR is all about research for social change. This approach supports the development of skills and makes refugees and IDPs more employable; communities benefit as the knowledge created collaboratively helps solve their own problems, and the solutions generated will be more readily adopted broadly as the community has worked on identifying and creating them. To
The series of 9 Augmented Webinars aims to develop digital pedagogy capacity for preparing curricula and syllabi for teaching in emergency contexts. Follow the link to the resource document and the ADUN website to access all multi-media resources. The webinar series also serves as a self-paced course for higher education faculty teaching virtually in fragile
AHEEN members and our refugee researchers embark on a comprehensive assessment on access, participation and completion of education for refugees and asylum seekers residing in urban areas in Kenya. As the operational context has shifted and the inclusion of refugee learners in national service delivery gathers momentum, while the medium- to long-term economic effects of
Read the blog post: In search of peace – refugees’ perspectives on peace A new research award to AHEEN – PEACE BUILDING THROUGH HIGHER EDUCATION IN EMERGENCIES In this project we aim to empower youth in protracted and acute conflict settings to participate in bringing about constructive change at the local level using our pedagogical
From its origins in social-emotional learning for displaced youth this innovative model now spans the entire education continuum. RUN ON…Click here to read more about the new model
AUGMENTED WEBINAR SERIES Education is a human right with immense power to transform. On its foundation rest the cornerstones of freedom, democracy, and sustainable human development Kofi Annan Overview Digital content is not innocent. Behind the seemingly wonderful videos, presentations and documents lie a (mostly) invisible world of usability and accessibility. In this augmented webinar
Engage with the two AHEEN presentations at ADUN III 21 April 2023: 1. The role of digital education and sports in strengthening refugees’ social-emotional well-being2. University students in refugee camps can be successful through contextualised design and support On 21 April 2023, AHEEN presented two papers at the 3rd African Digital University Network (ADUN III)
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