Towards A Strategic Response to Distance Architectural Education Programs in Egyptian Universities to Tackle The Coronavirus Pandemic And Any Future Contingency

Abstract

Recently, the Egyptian community has witnessed a series of evolving challenges and variations at all levels, political, social, economic, and educational, as a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic. It has emphasized the critical role of science, technology, and innovation in various areas. Thus, the need to identify issues, and develop and change standards across countries through the dissemination of various technologies such as smartphones and their various applications. Within this research framework, the main hypothesis is set forward, coming after the unprecedented coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and its associated impact on the educational systems, especially Egyptian architectural education programs, as a new resilient learning model can be devised to share best practices and information during the crises. Accordingly, the research aims to document the outcomes of the experiment, including advantages and disadvantages, finding from the outcomes the know-how of preparing remote architectural education in case of emergencies in the hereafter. Hence, attaining a set of necessary indicators for the response of the various architectural education program strategies within Egyptian universities to ensure the continuity of the educational process within contingencies. Moving to research methodology by case studying of architectural education before and after the Coronavirus, also by studying the different means of distance learning and how different types of deal with it. And then a survey was prepared for each of the students, faculty members, and administrators, after completing the current semester exams, so that we get through a full background on the outcomes of such experimenting and how to able to deal with problems and obstacles faced, whether at the level of students, faculty, or administrators.