Can You Really Teach a MOOC in a Refugee Camp?

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Can You Really Teach a MOOC in a Refugee Camp?
Steve Kolowich, The Chronicle: Wired Campus Blog, Aug 10, 2014
The answer - just barely - is "yes". It takes power, of course, and internet access. In this case, "Some refugees have day jobs in the U.N. compound, and Ms. Moser-Mercer arranged to have officials let two men watch videos and complete assignments when they were not working." But it seems to me that if power,  internet and access devices could be provided not just to UN offices but to the camp as a whole there could be a significant benefit produced. More...