Blended learning methods as an approach to teaching project management to architecture students

Abstract

Project management education at university level faces a number of challenges. As coined by several researchers, it neither meets the actual needs of the industry, nor attracts the interest of architecture students. A number of methods have been discussed through recent researches that are capable of enhancing the teaching experience of PM. This paper aims to investigate the application of one of those methods, “blended learning” to support knowledge delivery to architecture students. A literature review has been presented, in addition to qualitative analysis of methods applied in PM course in two different programs, along 8 years, main-stream senior students in Ain Shams University, and year 3 students at the British university in Egypt. Findings of this paper took the form of a matrix of blended teaching methods that were examined in case studies, this matrix is of value to instructors involved in teaching PM courses.