E85.2056 PROBLEMS IN MUSIC EDUCATION:
COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION
© Copyright 1997-2004 John V. Gilbert All Rights Reserved
COURSE TOPICS
COMPUTERS AND MUSIC EDUCATION
- Computer Operating Systems
- The Sorcerer's Apprentice: Notation, Sequencing, etc.
- Teaching Students to Use the Computer for making music
INTRODUCTION TO THE INTERNET
- A simple Guide to the Internet
- Establish Your Own Internet Account
- E-mail as a means of establishing communication with students
- E-mail for assignments and written assignments
- E-mail as a means of reviewing class activity
- World Wide Web (URLs [Universal Resource Locator] and Hypertext)
INTRODUCTION TO MULTIMEDIA
- Using sound, images, and moving images with text.
- The computer learns to speak (VOICEPAD)
- Making Music on the Computer (Synthesis and Digital Recording)
COMPUTER ASSISTED INSTRUCTION
- CDROMs
- Programs to be loaded on Hard Disk
- Theory Instruction (Practica Musica)
- Digital Chisel Tutorial
HYPERTEXT
- Linking text to text.
- Linking text, images, and sound
- Linking Locations (URLs)
- Conceptualizing Links (what do we link and why?)
DEFINING A TOPIC SUITABLE FOR TREATMENT IN MULTIMEDIA
- Using the multimedia medium to create an enhanced learning environment.
- Building on your interests and abilities.
DEVELOPING EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
- Defining Educational Objectives.
- Differences between Goals and Objectives.
- Writing Educational Objectives in terms of observable behavior. (What will the students actually do or be empowered to do?
ARCHITECTURE FOR COMPUTER-ASSISTED PROGRAMS
- Random Access
- Linear
- Linear with selected branching
- Branching and Multi-Leveled Programs
TOOLS FOR MULTIMEDIA AND WEB AUTHORING
- Word Processors (Text)
- Scanning Software (OCR and Image) Adobe Photoshop (Images, Drawings, etc.)
- Fetch 3.01 (sending and retrieving files on servers)
- Telnet (e-mail and basic file maintenance)
- SoundEdit16 (digitizing music and sound)
- Adobe Premiere and Avid (making computer movies)
- Digital Chisel (authoring software)
- HTML Code
- Page Mill (Web authoring tool)
BUILDING IN EVALUATION OF COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION
- Tracking Student Performance
- Test and Response Formats
TERM PROJECTS
1. Choose a topic for which you will develop multimedia materials to be used with an authoring program, collect and digitize the materials to be used in the project. This project should be viewed as preparing materials which will be used on the computer to assist in learning specific materials and/or developing appreciation. It will be necessary for you to define the teaching context for which you will be developing the materials in terms of the class level and background.
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2. Develop a personal website which links different music education sites, and which introduces your interests in music education. You may also utilize materials developed for your authoring project for publication on the web.
EVALUATION
Students will be evaluated on class participation in discussion, presentation, requested e-mail assignments and the authoring and WWW projects
ASSIGNED READINGS & EVALUATIONS
- Play and Evaluate CDROM materials: Strauss and Mozart (in class box)
- Select Three URLs featuring Music Education and describe the website
- Digital Chisel Manual: Introduction and Tutorial
- An Introduction to HTML (Printed from Netscape Homepage)
- Composing Good HTML (printed from Netscape Homepage)
- Play and evaluate "Practica Musica "
Create four libraries for your authoring project: (1) Graphics (2) Text (3) Sound and (4) Movies. Throughout the terms digitize the materials for these libraries.
All assignments and written responses are to be done through e-mail. You are required to respond to class assignments on a weekly basis. You should plan to check your e-mail at least twice a week.
REFERENCES
Atkinson, R. C. Computer Assisted Instruction. 1969. - X-31-016131-1
Bates, A. W. "Computer assisted learning or communications : which way for
information technology in distance education?" Milton Keynes : Open University IET, 1986. - (IET paper on broadcasting ; no.250). - x-31-108466-3
Blandford, A. "Design, Decisions And Dialogue." n.p., 1991. Thesis (PhD)-Open University. Author no.M7033956. BLDSC no.DX95809. - x-31-114667-7
Hofstetter, Fred T. Computer Literacy for Musicians. Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice Hall, 1988.
Rudolph, Thomas E. Teaching Music With Technology. GIA Publications, Inc. Chicago, IL. 1996.