This study (48 page PDF) of the provision of online learning to refugee students in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is at once unsurprising and illustrative. As the authors write, "Refugee and displaced learners are the 'canary in the coal mine.' That is to say, their experiences reveal the larger weaknesses across the education ecosystem." Thus we see a general lack of preparedness in the education sector, including especially a lack of training in instructional design and online teaching on the part of university instructors, alongside the ubiquitous concerns about the lack of reliable infrastructure (power, bandwidth), difficulties in assessment, and resistance on the part of both students and administrators to digital learning methodologies. Good report, though.
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