Digital approaches to promoting integration in higher education opening universities for refugees /

This book discusses digital learning opportunities in higher education for refugees with different educational, social, cultural and linguistic backgrounds. Based on findings from practical studies and research projects from several countries, the book highlights the numerous challenges when it come...

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Other Authors: Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, Olga,, Nell-Müller, Sarah,, Happ, Roland,, SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2021]
Physical Description: 1 online resource (vi, 130 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Series: SpringerBriefs in education.
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Summary: This book discusses digital learning opportunities in higher education for refugees with different educational, social, cultural and linguistic backgrounds. Based on findings from practical studies and research projects from several countries, the book highlights the numerous challenges when it comes to the successful integration of refugees into higher education. These challenges arise at both the individual and the institutional level. The contributions included in this book show how these challenges can be effectively met using digital teaching-learning platforms. The work thus offers a comprehensive insight into the opportunities online-based learning platforms offer regarding the successful integration of refugees into higher education Overall, the research presented in this volume is relevant for political stakeholders, university practitioners in the field of migration research, university research, and online and digital learning.
Item Description: 1. Digital approaches to integrating refugees into higher education : frontiers and advances / Sarah Nell-Müller, Olga Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, and Roland Happ -- 2. Rebuilding sustainable communities through higher education in emergencies / Barbara Moser-Mercer -- 3. Learning with and from people living in displacement : the promise of borderless higher education / Don Dippo -- 4. Experiences of refugees when entering higher education and over the course of their studies : a literature review of structural and personal challenges / Sarah Nell-Müller, Roland Happ, Olga Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, and Franziska Reinhardt -- 5. Study success and opportunities for refugees in higher education : an effectiveness analysis / Olga Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, Sarah Nell-Müller, Roland Happ, Franziska Reinhardt, and Jennifer Fischer -- 6. Refugees' pathways to higher education : digital support to bridge intentions and realities / Belma Halkic and Patricia Arnold -- 7. Identification of vulnerable groups in terms of language proficiency in higher education / Roland Happ, Tobias Deribo, Olga Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, and Franziska Reinhardt.
This book discusses digital learning opportunities in higher education for refugees with different educational, social, cultural and linguistic backgrounds. Based on findings from practical studies and research projects from several countries, the book highlights the numerous challenges when it comes to the successful integration of refugees into higher education. These challenges arise at both the individual and the institutional level. The contributions included in this book show how these challenges can be effectively met using digital teaching-learning platforms. The work thus offers a comprehensive insight into the opportunities online-based learning platforms offer regarding the successful integration of refugees into higher education Overall, the research presented in this volume is relevant for political stakeholders, university practitioners in the field of migration research, university research, and online and digital learning.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (vi, 130 pages) : illustrations (some color).
ISBN: 9783030771515
3030771512
ISSN: 2211-1921.