A remote interactive music keyboard tuition system
- Authors: Newton, Mark Brian
- Date: 2005
- Subjects: Computer-assisted instruction , Keyboard instrument music -- Instruction and study , Music -- Computer assisted instruction , Music in education
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
- Identifier: vital:4603 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004860 , Computer-assisted instruction , Keyboard instrument music -- Instruction and study , Music -- Computer assisted instruction , Music in education
- Description: A networked multimedia system to assist teaching music keyboard skills to a class is described. Teaching practical music lessons requires a large amount of interaction between the teacher and student and is thus teacher intensive. Although there is a range of computer software available for learning how to play the keyboard, these programs cannot replace the guidance of a music teacher. The possibility of combining the music applications with video conferencing technology for use in a keyboard class is discussed. An ideal system is described that incorporates the benefits of video conferencing and music applications for use in a classroom. A design of the ideal system is described and implemented. Certain design and implementation decisions are explained and the performance of the implementation examined. The system would enable a music teacher to effectively teach a music class keyboard skills.
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- Authors: Newton, Mark Brian
- Date: 2005
- Subjects: Computer-assisted instruction , Keyboard instrument music -- Instruction and study , Music -- Computer assisted instruction , Music in education
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc
- Identifier: vital:4603 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004860 , Computer-assisted instruction , Keyboard instrument music -- Instruction and study , Music -- Computer assisted instruction , Music in education
- Description: A networked multimedia system to assist teaching music keyboard skills to a class is described. Teaching practical music lessons requires a large amount of interaction between the teacher and student and is thus teacher intensive. Although there is a range of computer software available for learning how to play the keyboard, these programs cannot replace the guidance of a music teacher. The possibility of combining the music applications with video conferencing technology for use in a keyboard class is discussed. An ideal system is described that incorporates the benefits of video conferencing and music applications for use in a classroom. A design of the ideal system is described and implemented. Certain design and implementation decisions are explained and the performance of the implementation examined. The system would enable a music teacher to effectively teach a music class keyboard skills.
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An investigation of the development and adoption of educational metadata standards for the widespread use of learning objects
- Authors: Krull, Greig Emil
- Date: 2005
- Subjects: Metadata , Internet in education , Web databases , Education -- Standards , Educational technology , Computer-assisted instruction
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MCom
- Identifier: vital:1142 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002771 , Metadata , Internet in education , Web databases , Education -- Standards , Educational technology , Computer-assisted instruction
- Description: This research investigates the development and adoption of educational metadata standards for the widespread use of learning objects. Learning objects, metadata, the related IEEE standard and the various application profiles derived from the standard are discussed. A number of standards and specifications for educational metadata used to describe learning objects are explored, namely the Dublin Core, IMS, SCORM, ARIADNE, CanCore and the UK LOM Core. Three metadata editors and the experience with using one of them, RELOAD, is described. These educational metadata specifications are used in a practical metadata implementation scenario and the experiences are extrapolated to derive a localised instance of the generic IEEE standard. A new application profile is proposed, “RU LOM Core”, for the South African higher education context. Some existing results are confirmed about the complexity of using the IEEE standard and it is demonstrated that it is possible to instantiate the standard for South African conditions. The results are largely qualitative and based on practical experience. However, the results concur with results from related research. Although the development of an application profile is certainly not new, the development of RU LOM Core illustrates that the IEEE standard, developed largely within the northern hemisphere, can be adapted to work in the South African scenario. RU LOM Core has been developed for the South African higher education environment and takes linguistic and cultural diversity and the low rate of technological literacy into consideration. The lessons learned and the proposed LOM core can be built upon in further research and collaboration to use and support the use of such standards within South Africa.
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- Authors: Krull, Greig Emil
- Date: 2005
- Subjects: Metadata , Internet in education , Web databases , Education -- Standards , Educational technology , Computer-assisted instruction
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MCom
- Identifier: vital:1142 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002771 , Metadata , Internet in education , Web databases , Education -- Standards , Educational technology , Computer-assisted instruction
- Description: This research investigates the development and adoption of educational metadata standards for the widespread use of learning objects. Learning objects, metadata, the related IEEE standard and the various application profiles derived from the standard are discussed. A number of standards and specifications for educational metadata used to describe learning objects are explored, namely the Dublin Core, IMS, SCORM, ARIADNE, CanCore and the UK LOM Core. Three metadata editors and the experience with using one of them, RELOAD, is described. These educational metadata specifications are used in a practical metadata implementation scenario and the experiences are extrapolated to derive a localised instance of the generic IEEE standard. A new application profile is proposed, “RU LOM Core”, for the South African higher education context. Some existing results are confirmed about the complexity of using the IEEE standard and it is demonstrated that it is possible to instantiate the standard for South African conditions. The results are largely qualitative and based on practical experience. However, the results concur with results from related research. Although the development of an application profile is certainly not new, the development of RU LOM Core illustrates that the IEEE standard, developed largely within the northern hemisphere, can be adapted to work in the South African scenario. RU LOM Core has been developed for the South African higher education environment and takes linguistic and cultural diversity and the low rate of technological literacy into consideration. The lessons learned and the proposed LOM core can be built upon in further research and collaboration to use and support the use of such standards within South Africa.
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