Music Teachers’ Experiences in One-to-One Computing Environments

2016 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jay Dorfman
Keyword(s):  
Ubiquitous Computing ◽  
Music Teachers ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Concerns Based Adoption Model ◽  
Teachers Experiences ◽  
Computing Environments ◽  
Adoption Model ◽  
One To One ◽  
The One

Ubiquitous computing scenarios such as the one-to-one model, in which every student is issued a device that is to be used across all subjects, have increased in popularity and have shown both positive and negative influences on education. Music teachers in schools that adopt one-to-one models may be inadequately equipped to integrate this kind of technology into their classrooms. The purposes of this study were to observe the behaviors and explore the dominant perceptions and concerns of music teachers in schools with one-to-one technology programs. This four-case study was based on the concerns-based adoption model, which has previously been used to analyze stakeholders’ concerns about adoption of an innovation such as a new technology. Participant teachers expressed their concerns about adoption of one-to-one technology in their schools and classrooms as they related to musical goals, extent of integration, changes that could improve the programs, and other pedagogical factors. Results showed that while the participants used the technologies in distinct ways and to varying extents, they shared concerns about technical support, pedagogical support, and authenticity of integration.

Evaluating the use of LoLa in European conservatoires: The SWING project

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 199-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Redman
Keyword(s):  
Instrumental Music ◽  
Music Teachers ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Music Teaching ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Synchronous Interaction ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
One To One

The research presented in this article reports on the SWING project, a qualitative case study initiated by The Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen (AEC) into the use of LoLa (low-latency audio-visual streaming) for instrumental music teaching between conservatoires. LoLa is a software package that allows musicians to perform and interact together synchronously in real-time with high-quality audio, something not currently possible with standard videoconferencing platforms. LoLa is a relatively new technology and there is limited research available on how effective it is when used for instrumental music teaching. Trials of LoLa technology were conducted in three conservatoires in Austria, Italy and Slovenia in early 2019. Follow-up interviews were conducted with music teachers, students and technicians to understand their experiences of using the technology, what changes took place in the teaching, and to determine the potential and limitations of LoLa for teaching in conservatoires. Participants in the trials reported overall satisfaction with the system, with many being surprised at the high quality. The findings showed that LoLa can expand the possibilities for artistic development by facilitating synchronous interaction between teachers and students in different conservatoires. These possibilities include one-to-one lessons, group masterclasses, examinations, and opportunities to rehearse and perform synchronously with musicians from other institutions. This aligns with current research which calls for a reappraisal of the traditional one-to-one conservatoire studio lesson.

scholarly journals Function of private singing in instrumental music learning: A multiple case study of self-regulation and embodiment

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 442-464 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amalia Casas-Mas ◽  
Guadalupe López-Íñiguez ◽  
Juan Ignacio Pozo ◽  
Ignacio Montero
Keyword(s):  
Instrumental Music ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Approaches To Learning ◽  
Multiple Case Study ◽  
Private Speech ◽  
String Instruments ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
One To One ◽  
The One

The aim of this article is to explore a range of largely embodied vocalisations and sounds produced by learners of string instruments and how they relate to the potential self-regulatory use provided by such vocalisations. This type of “singing” while learning to play an instrument may have similarities to the use of private speech in other types of learning tasks. This report describes a multiple case study based on the naturalistic observation of learners playing string instruments in different situations. We observed private rehearsals by six adult guitarists from different music cultures (classical, flamenco and jazz) who had different approaches to learning (traditional and constructivist). In addition, we observed the one-to-one lessons of a constructivist cello teacher with a 7-year-old beginner and a 12-year-old student. All sessions were recorded. We applied the System for Analysing the Practice of Instrumental Lessons to the video lessons and/or practices and participant discourse for constant comparative analysis across all categories and participants. From the theoretical framework of private speech, we identified a set of qualities in private singing, such as whistling, humming, and guttural sounds, with different levels of audibility. Self-guidance and self-regulation appeared to be the functions underlying both psychomotor learning and reflective-emotional learning from an embodiment approach. Guitar learners from popular urban cultures seemed to use less explicit singing expression than classical guitar learners, the explicitness of which may be related to the instructional use of the notational system. In the one-to-one cello lessons, we observed a process of increasing internalisation from the younger to the older student. Both results are consistent with the literature on private speech, indicating that this process is a natural process of internalisation at higher literacy levels. Singing is not as frequent in music lessons as might be expected, and it is even less frequently used as a reflective tool or understood as an embodied process. The examples provided in this article shed light on the multiplicity of applications and on the potential benefits of private singing in instructional contexts as a powerful learning tool.

scholarly journals Developing political-ecological theory: The need for Many-Task Computing

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy C. Haas
Keyword(s):  
Endangered Species ◽  
Ecological Model ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
East African ◽  
Acinonyx Jubatus ◽  
Computing Environments ◽  
The One ◽  
Management Challenge ◽  
New Algorithms

AbstractModels of political-ecological systems can inform policies for managing ecosystems that contain endangered species. One way to increase the credibility of these models is to subject them to a rigorous suite of data-based statistical assessments. Doing so involves statistically estimating the model’s parameters, computing confidence intervals for these parameters, determining the model’s prediction error rate, and assessing its sensitivity to parameter misspecification.Here, these statistical algorithms along with a method for constructing politically feasible policies from a statistically fitted model, are coded as JavaSpaces™ programs that run as compute jobs on either supercomputers or a collection of in-house workstations. Several new algorithms for implementing such jobs in distributed computing environments are described.This downloadable code is used to compute each job’s output for the management challenge of conserving the East African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus). This case study shows that the proposed suite of statistical tools can be run on a supercomputer to establish the credibility of a managerially-relevant model of a political-ecological system that contains one or more endangered species. This demonstration means that the new standard of credibility that any political-ecological model needs to meet before being used to inform ecosystem management decisions, is the one given herein.

scholarly journals Using reverse engineering to construct the platform independent model of a web application for student information systems

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 1557-1583 ◽  
Author(s):  
Igor Rozanc ◽  
Bostjan Slivnik
Keyword(s):  
Reverse Engineering ◽  
Web Application ◽  
Domain Knowledge ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Student Information Systems ◽  
Business Functions ◽  
Student Information ◽  
The One ◽  
Independent Model

A methodology for extracting the domain knowledge from an existing three-tier web application and subsequent formulation of the platform independent model (PIM) is described. As it was devised during a reverse engineering process of an existing web application which needed to be reimplemented on a new platform using new technology, it focuses on the domain knowledge and business functions. It produces the business model and the hypertext model leaving the presentation model aside. The methodology is semi-automated - the generation of the activity diagrams and parts of the hypertext model must be in part performed by an analyst, preferably the one with some domain knowledge. As the paper is primarily aimed at practitioners, a case study illustrating the application of the presented method is included.

Finding the muse: Teaching musical expression to adolescents in the one-to-one studio environment

2011 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 333-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleanor A. McPhee
Keyword(s):  
Instrumental Music ◽  
Music Teachers ◽  
Musical Instrument ◽  
School Level ◽  
Musical Expression ◽  
Instrumental Music Teachers ◽  
Secondary School Level ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
One To One ◽  
The One

One-to-one music lessons are a common and effective way of learning a musical instrument. This investigation into one-to-one music teaching at the secondary school level explores the teaching of musical expression by two instrumental music teachers of brass and strings. The lessons of the two teachers with two students each were video recorded over a six-week period. This data were transcribed, coded and content analyzed. The results showed that the teachers used a variety of strategies to teach musical expression and the teacher’s choice of approach seems less important than ensuring that the student has a good understanding of the approach. Furthermore, the traditional strategies for teaching musical expression may benefit from the inclusion of approaches designed to enable young students to begin to create personal meaning in their music making. Teachers, therefore, might consider reading research findings on creative learning and devise strategies for its application in their music studios.

scholarly journals Reflexivity and the Sociology of Science and Technology: The Invention of "Eryc" the Antibiotic

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fran Collyer
Keyword(s):  
New Technology ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Sociology Of Science ◽  
Technical Process ◽  
Production Of Knowledge ◽  
The Social ◽  
Post Modernism ◽  
The One

Until recently, the social-technical process of invention has fallen between sociological investigation of the genesis of a new idea (an ideational phenomenon) and the production of a new technology (a material phenomenon). The advent of post-modernism and post-structuralism offered new avenues for theorising invention, accounting for, on the one hand, its material nature, and, on the other, its ideational nature, through the notion of socio-technical ensembles: phenomena constructed through the co-producing, mutually constitutive action of actants (both human and otherwise). This paper argues that despite its potential, theorising within the sociology of science and technology is hampered by insufficient attention to the role of the researcher and the concept and practice of reflexivity. Reflexive practices within this field of knowledge are explored, and drawing on an empirical case study of an antibiotic preparation, a case is made for the necessity of reflexivity in the production of knowledge about invention.

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