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Investing in people, by investing in higher education and skills

in Africa - “Supporting refugees”

Barbara Moser-Mercer

Moser-Mercer/InZone2019

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HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE - EDUCATION

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Moser-Mercer/InZone 2019

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Inclusive & equitable quality HE for sustainable

development

Fragility, conflict, low

resource, language &

culture

Transformative pedagogy, adaptive

technology, 21st century

skills

Indigenous knowledge,

design solutions, empowered

learners, life & livelihood skills

BUILDING BACK BETTER FOR

SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES

THE CHANGE WE WANT TO SEE

THE PROBLEMS WE ENCOUNTER

THE SOLUTIONS WE IMPLEMENT

THE OUTCOMES WE WITNESS

THE IMPACT WE SEEK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0lj9jftDy4


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REFUGEE MANAGEMENT


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Connecting in

InZone@UniGE Learning Hubs


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PEDAGOGY

TECHNOLOGYSPACE

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Connecting in social spaces



10INTEREST POWERED

INFRASTRUCTURETested digital solutions to provide reliable access to quality learning

Learner-centered support system to enhance the learning experience

Learner-driven solutions to address local challenges

Innocent N. Tshilombo

Gadget analysis Policy

Data Usage Modem

INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION


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PRODUCTION CENTERED


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Human RightsCourses in Kakuma Applied Human Rights Research Outputs


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• Advanced course

• One project per year defined by InZone

students in Kakuma (World café method)

• 15 students involved (Kakuma, KU, Unige)

supervised by InZone

• Needs analysis (surveys and research) by

InZone students and Unige staff in Kakuma

• Legal research by the three teams of

students and supervised by InZone

• Law Clinic methodology (UNIGE, Kenyatta)

• Introduction to

Human Rights

• Applied Human

Rights

• Children’s Rights

Introduction to

the Basics of

Children’s Rights

for Zone Leaders

and Elders

Encouraging Deeper Learning

Academically oriented

Recap

- Introductions help build

relationships

- Engage students with open

questions

- Maintain interest with mixed

media

- Deepen learning with

conversation

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ToC=Resilient communities

Local knowledge production


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Openly networked 17


Global Health at the Human-

Animal Ecosystem InterfaceMOOC UNIGE-Kakuma Research Projects Outputs


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• Research skills• Mapping• SMS Warning

App• Knowledge

Generation

Snake bite mapping

Malaria larvae Mapping

prevention


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20LEARNING PATHWAYS


21LEARNING PATHWAYS


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HIGHER EDUCATION IN

FRAGILE CONTEXTS

•HE’s civic engagement supports SDGs

•Refugee management –social start-ups

•University partnerships

•Enabling partnerships

LEARNING & RESEARCH

• Collaborative technology-enhanced skill acquisition in fragile contexts

• Community-centered research & indigenous knowledge production

• Research ethics

Building better communities

• Studentgovernment

• Student civic engagement

• Refugee empowerment

• Life & livelihood skills

• Resilient communities

THE CHANGE WE OBSERVE

UNIGE-GE Barbara Moser-Mercer, Director

Ian Newton, Executive Director

Djemila Carron, Senior Lecturer Human Rights & Humanitarian Law

Barbara Delahayes, Learning design/humanitarian interpreting

Emma Sebastiani, Learning design/humanitarian interpreting

Kerstin Lambert, Social-emotional learning/Applied Arts

Paul O’Keeffe, post-doctoral researcher Learning

Tobias Wehrli, Student management & Web

UNIGE-KAKJuvenal, Innocent, Grace, Peace, Arcade, Maryam, Ahmed, Mireille

UNIGE-DAD/SomaliaAbdirizak, Gulet, Ardo

UNIGE-AZROmran, Qusai, Moutasem, Kawkab

UNIGE-AMMNadeem, Eyad Princeton-Geneva

partnership fund

www.unige.ch/inzone

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Member:

WITH SUPPORT FROM:

In collaboration with:

http://www.unige.ch/inzone

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Investing in people, by investing in higher education and ... · Malaria larvae Mapping prevention. Moser-Mercer/InZone 2019 PEER SUPPORTED 19. Moser-Mercer/InZone 2019 20 LEARNING