Monday, October 25, 2010

Issues in the Different Elearning Online Dimensions

All elearning online features must be designed to help students understand and comprehend the lessons they must take. It must help them achieve their learning goals, however, I believe it also true that not every one is suited for this type of learning and this can also be attributed to the different issues in various dimensions of electronic learning.

The first dimension of virtual learning is of course the institutional dimension. This involves the character and the flexibility of the trainer or other teachers that takes part in the electronic course if there is one. I would ask myself, are the instructors, tutors and as well as the technical staff available during the online sessions? I should know if they hold discussions well despite the big differences in culture and background. I can attest to the fact that most online teachers of today can not handle such circumstance wherein there are racial differences in the students.

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The next is the management and technological dimension. This discusses about the nature and flow of the electronic course itself. Can it the course handle various activities? What tasks can it do and how many students can it accommodate simultaneously? The problem the most students, like me, encounter today is the slow notification from the course. This is partially due to the time differences of the students involved in a session since most programs are assigned to give instruction, examination and key answers at two or three designated time slots only. I know this would also deal with the broad descriptive aspects of the course such as its resources, design and evaluation of the whole subject during the end session.

The pedagogical and ethical dimension deals with the method of teaching and learning applied by the course or the teacher. Does the course provide a clear direction? Am I informed of what I should do at every part of the whole subject they are taking? Would it contribute to my behavior or only the methodical part of learning? The issue with this is that the ethical influence of elearning online is weak, partly to blame for its lack of physical connection on my part. “The monitor is still just a monitor with or without faces in them,” so to speak.

Monday, September 13, 2010

How Music Elearning Development Tools will Work

A lot of my musician friends think that elearning for music is a silly idea. They think that having to go through online courses will not provide the same musical learning experience that traditional lessons can offer. However, I totally disagree with them because all it takes to make music elearning development tools work is to choose and combine the right types of tools, applications and software available to us today.



The technology we have now is powerful and advanced enough to accommodate the challenges of musical education. If you go online, you will see that we have a lot of useful innovations and media that can be utilized as development tools for elearning. We have instant messengers, video calling applications, podcasts, instructional videos, music players and so many more. All of these things address music’s need for visual, auditory and tactile teaching and learning methods.

For example, teachers can record a video of themselves demonstrating how to play chords for a guitar. They can integrate text slides into the video if they want to further describe a theory or a tip to reinforce their demonstration. Students can access this pre-recorded instruction, pick up their guitars, and follow the teacher. They can even pause and rewind the video at their own discretion in case they have difficulty following the instruction in one take. With just a simple video, students were able to use their visual, auditory and tactile sense for optimal learning experiences.

The trick to ensure that music elearning development tools will work is to carefully choose what applications or programs you will need and then combine them to provide learners with meaningful learning experiences. You can create a course that features an instructional video like my example above, a listening quiz using a music player, and an instant messaging so the student can interact with the teacher or other learners. As long as the course designer considers the needs and preference of the students, this process will be a piece of cake!