Reports From the Field: Learning to Play the Guitar With the Novaxe Online Learning Platform

2020 ◽  
pp. 244-263
Author(s):  
Anne-Marie Burns ◽  
Caroline Traube
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Music Education ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Instrumental Music ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Musical Instrument ◽  
Pedagogical Tools ◽  
Instrumental Music Education ◽  
Collaborative Tools ◽  
Learning Platform

Recent advances in internet technologies are changing the way we approach instrumental music education. The diversity of online music resources has increased through the availability of experts and user-generated digital scores, video tutorials, and music applications. This report from the field explores how technological innovations are transforming musical instrument teaching and learning with new paradigms of cohesive, integrated, and blended learning experiences. It presents the emerging Novaxe online learning platform (OLP), which is designed as an online space where guitar teachers and learners of different expertise levels—particularly teenagers and adults learning to play pop guitar technique and repertoire—can interact and share learning resources. The OLP includes interactive and collaborative tools supporting teacher-to-learner blended learning and self-taught learning. This field report presents the conceptual ideas behind this Novaxe OLP and explores the potential usage of collective and artificial intelligence as pedagogical tools in the context of instrumental music education.

scholarly journals Theoretical Framework for Facilitating Young Musicians’ Learning of Expressive Performance

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henrique Meissner
Keyword(s):  
Music Education ◽  
Instrumental Music ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Music Performance ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Embodied Experience ◽  
Dialogic Teaching ◽  
Instrumental Music Education ◽  
Music Lessons

Since communication and expression are central aspects of music performance it is important to develop a systematic pedagogy of teaching children and teenagers expressiveness. Although research has been growing in this area a comprehensive literature review that unifies the different approaches to teaching young musicians expressiveness has been lacking. Therefore, the aim of this article is to provide an overview of literature related to teaching and learning of expressiveness from music psychology and music education research in order to build a new theoretical framework for teaching and learning expressive music performance in instrumental music lessons with children and teenagers. The article will start with a brief discussion of interpretation and expression in music performance, before providing an overview of studies that investigated teaching and learning of performance expression in instrumental music education with adults and children. On the foundation of this research a theoretical framework for dialogic teaching and learning of expressive music performance will be proposed and the rationale explained. Dialogic teaching can be useful for scaffolding young musicians’ learning of expressivity as open questions can stimulate thinking about the interpretation and may serve to connect musical ideas to the embodied experience of the learner. A “toolkit” for teaching and learning of expressiveness will be presented for practical application in music lessons. In addition, a theoretical model will be proposed to further our understanding of teaching and learning of expressive music performance as a multifaceted and interactive process that is embedded in the context of tutors’ and learners’ experiences and environment. Finally, implications of this framework and suggestions for future research will be discussed.

John Philip Sousa as Music Educator and Fundraiser during World War I

2017 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-169
Author(s):  
Jill M. Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
World War I ◽  
Music Education ◽  
Instrumental Music ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
World War ◽  
Military Band ◽  
Instrumental Music Education ◽  
The Us ◽  
Us Government ◽  
The Military

This study documents the music teaching and learning that took place in the U.S. Navy band program at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station (GLNTS) near Chicago during World War I, led by Lieutenant John Philip Sousa. The following six research questions helped guide this investigation: How did Sousa organize the Navy band program? What were the details of teaching the enlisted bandsmen? What other music experiences were provided? How did the bandsmen’s work benefit the Navy and the US government? Which of the military band experiences likely influenced teaching and learning of instrumental music education after the war? What were the benefits for Sousa to volunteer near the end of his career? Findings revealed that more than three thousand bandsmen were taught by Sousa and Navy bandmasters. Bandsmen served in several ways: intact bands were sent to Navy ships to boost sailors’ morale; bands served the training regiments; bands toured the nation selling bonds; the GLNTS band program impacted the supply of band teachers after the war; and Sousa’s and the militaries’ educational and training strategies survive in today’s classrooms. The study concludes with a critique of the US government’s and Sousa’s role in commodifying the bandsmen.

An Observational Study of Score Study Practices Among Undergraduate Instrumental Music Education Majors

2017 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian A. Silvey ◽  
Mark Montemayor ◽  
Christopher M. Baumgartner
Keyword(s):  
Music Education ◽  
Instrumental Music ◽  
Education Majors ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Score Study ◽  
Instrumental Music Education ◽  
Study Session ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Model Condition ◽  
Music Education Majors

The purpose of this study was to investigate undergraduate instrumental music education majors’ score study practices as they related to the effectiveness of their simulated conducting. Participants ( N = 30) were video recorded in two sessions in which they completed a 20-min score study session and a simulated conducting performance. In the first score study session, all 30 conductors studied Mini-Suite for Band, Movement 1. In Session 2, participants studied Portrait of a Clown but this time either with a model recording ( n = 15) or without one ( n = 15). We computed the overall duration of participants’ score study behaviors for both pieces. Additional data included graduate students’ evaluations of participants’ post–score study conducting performances and an inventory of participants’ score study markings. We found a significant difference in the proportion of time spent in score studying activities between the model and no-model condition conductors, with more time spent in gesturing when studying along with a model. Evaluations of participants’ conducting revealed no differences between those conductors who used a model and those who did not while studying Portrait of a Clown. Our analysis of conductors’ score markings revealed a small number of notable differences between stronger/weaker conductors and between model/no-model conditions. Implications for undergraduate conductor preparation programs are discussed.

scholarly journals Impact of Google Classroom as an Online Learning Delivery during COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of a Secondary School in Nigeria

2020 ◽  
pp. 53-61
Author(s):  
Oyarinde, Oluremi Noah ◽  
Komolafe, Olaide Gbemisola
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Structure Interview ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
Achievement Attitudes

The teaching and learning process is rapidly becoming technology driven with the integration of digital learning using of online learning platforms to facilitate instructional delivery. Google classroom learning platform is one of the effective ways of enhancing student active engagement in an online learning environment. The purpose of this study is to examine the impacts of Google classroom as an online learning delivery platform in secondary school during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria. A mixed method approach was used in the study. Online questionnaire on Google Classroom Attitude Scale (GCAS) was used and online Semi-Structure Interview Guide (SSIG) developed by the researcher for data collection on the students’ perceptions on Google classroom. The researcher used Statistical Package of Social Science programme to calculate and analyse arithmetic mean, standard deviation and t-test. Content analysis was used for analysis of qualitative data. The participants were 140. The results showed that Google classroom platform as an online learning delivery positively affected students' academic achievement, attitudes and their perception during the pandemic in Nigeria’s secondary school. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that education stakeholders should effectively prepare students for the use of this platform for their learning activities during the pandemic. The platform is capable of assisting both students and teachers to connect, work together, create assignments, grade students and post learning materials. Likewise, students can also ask questions about the areas they do not understand. Hence, the advantages of the platform can be brought into usage for achieving quality in the teaching and learning process at all levels of education during the pandemic.

scholarly journals Students' Perception on Blended Learning in English Listening and Speaking Class

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Magdalena Kartikasari Tandy Rerung
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
Face To Face Learning ◽  
Communicative Teaching ◽  
Listening And Speaking

<p>Nowadays, the communicative teaching has been influenced by the development of technology. Becoming interactive teacher would not be enough if it is not supported by technology usage. Online learning in this case has been a powerful tool to help language learners during their learning progress.  It is said that that online instruction raised the good and average student’s reading performance and the performance of the lowest-performing as well. In listening and speaking, online learning can help students improve their pronunciaton as well the comprehension skill. Therefore, the following study is designed to find out the students’ perceptions towards the use of both online and face-to-face learning in listening and speaking classroom. There are 30 students from the 1<sup>st</sup> and 3<sup>rd</sup> semester of English Language and Culture Departement and they joined the class for 1 semester. Online learning platform used was taken from Cambridge Learning Management System integrated with Unlock 2 and Unlock 4 books as the source of learning. The result shows that most of the students see online learning as an alternative tool to help them during their learning process.<strong></strong></p><strong>Keywords: </strong>blended learning, online learning, face-to-face learning, language learning

scholarly journals Teacher Education Freshmen Applicants’ Current State in the New Normal’s Learning Delivery Platforms

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 1528-1536
Author(s):  
Mark Angelo C. Reotutar
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
New Normal ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
Current State ◽  
Learning Platforms ◽  
Low Income Families ◽  
The University

The online learning platform (OLS) is currently the new normal learning setting amidst the Covid-19 pandemic. Teachers need to look on the other side of the traditional classroom-based learning mode to make teaching and learning in the new normal possible. It aimed to analyze the current state of the teacher education freshmen applicants concerning the new normal learning platforms. This study employed a descriptive method of research and considered a sample of 85 freshmen applicants in the College of Teacher Education in the academic year 2020-2021. The frequencies and percent value was used to analyze the data gathered. The following are the verdicts of the study, the bulk of the respondents belong to low-income families with farming as their family source of income. Most of the respondents have their mobile phones while the great majorities are using mobile data only. All of the respondents do not have any idea about the different platforms in online learning. Based on the findings, the researcher concluded that the freshmen applicants in the College of Teacher Education cannot totally survive and are not yet ready to embrace the new normal learning platforms due to poverty and lack of resources. It is therefore recommended that the University administration needs to open other sources of learning platforms such as the use of printed learning materials of which will be delivered door-to-door to the students. Besides, the College of Teacher Education should plan and initiate on how to make learning flexible and more engaging.

Edmodo in an Institute of Teacher Education

2019 ◽  
pp. 123-143
Author(s):  
Quinie Ong Kooi Loo ◽  
Kathleen Dass
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Small Groups ◽  
Positive Feedback ◽  
Digital Communication ◽  
English Literature ◽  
Communication Tool ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
Online Activities

Edmodo is a free online learning platform for teachers to communicate and collaborate with students. It is a digital communication tool that has been designed to work across a range of devices, suitable for blended learning. To maximize learning and meet the challenges of the current digitalized classroom, supplemental blended learning was adopted in an English literature course in an institute of teacher education in Kedah, Malaysia. This chapter describes how Edmodo was used to manage blended learning, with the focus on online activities created in posts, small groups, assignment tool, and polling tool. The activities were planned based on the five ingredients on blended learning by Carman. The result of a poll done in Edmodo showed 74% of the students agreed that they were able to explicate Shakespeare after attending the course, and 81% opined that the course was effectively organized in Edmodo. Based on the positive feedback, Edmodo is recommended for subsequent blended learning courses.

Application of the “Teaching Innovation Practice Platform” in English Reading Instruction

2017 ◽  
pp. 249-271
Author(s):  
Yucen Kuang
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Reading Instruction ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Teaching Innovation ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
English Reading ◽  
Public Middle School ◽  
Teachers And Students

Since Shanghai started the second phase of the elementary and middle school curriculum reform in 1998, teachers have been encouraged and expected to incorporate new technology to support teaching and learning, both in and out of the classrooms, so that students can get skills such as problem-solving, team-working, and time-management more efficiently. Consequently, in order to improve students' English reading comprehension skills, a brand new online learning platform named “Teaching Innovation Practice Platform” (TIPP) was developed and implemented to enhance English reading instruction at a public middle school in Shanghai in 2010. After several years of implementation, the platform has not only strengthened the interaction and communication between teachers and students but also improved students' learning. In the following sections, the current status of English reading instruction, the online learning platform TIPP and its application, as well as the impact on teaching and learning are described in detail.

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