Learning From Coronavirus: Design Principles for Connected Co-Learning and Co-Teaching in Online and Blended Global Architecture Studios(Book Chapter)
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic not only amplified current challenges in higher education generally, and in architectural education specifically, it revealed the potential for globally connected practices in learning, teaching and research. We were interested to explore how connected co-learning and co- teaching can be designed for inter-institutional collaboration, online and blended global studios across cultural boundaries–in this case the global South and North. Employing a collaborative autoethnographic research methodology, and through an in-depth reflection on our respective learning contexts, and educational and professional practices, we formulate four learning design principles for connected co-learning and coteaching in online and blended global architecture studios. The proposed design principles address current critiques of architectural studio education globally, related to socialisation, asymmetrical power relations, and the mental health of students, and–in online spaces specifically–aspects of social presence, authenticity and embodiment Abstract The coronavirus (COVID-19)
Authoured by: Mark Olweny , Morkel J., Burton L.O., Feast S.
Academic units: Faculty of The Built Environment