User Interface Design for E-Learning Software [for Music Education]

Based on the implemented research, the obtained research results that will partly be presented in this paper and according to the gathered data, the conclusion can be made that students and teachers, and consequently the parents as well, show a very low level of satisfaction with the music education in elementary school. Following this statement, we cannot remain indifferent and passive observers, but need to actively participate in the changes introduced in the area of arts and music subjects or fields.

Didactica Slovenica = Pedagoška obzorja, 2021

Distance learning first came into practice in the 18th century as a way of teaching intended for a smaller number of students who could not attend regular classes. Today, distance learning, assisted by highly developed technology, is intended for most students worldwide due to the current epidemiological situation. Teaching based on e-learning involves distance learning and teaching using electronic media with the possibility of learning in synchronous and asynchronous ways. Like other forms of education, e-learning finds its foundations in pedagogical theories and learning models such as behaviourism, cognitivism, constructivism, and connectivism. In the field of music education, the changes caused by technological advances have made the technology intended for learning music accessible. However, it seems that non-formal music education uses the benefits of technology to improve the teaching and learning process in a faster and more successful way than the formal music education. In this paper, elearning will be placed in the framework of pedagogical theories and models together with an attempt to explain what e-learning includes in music teaching. The advantages as well as the disadvantages of technology implementation in music education will be highlighted.

According to Jesenius (2007), teaching and learning music education will be more attractive through various medium of instruction, either through audiovisual or multimedia interactive software. Schutz (2008), stated that the uses of these various sources will help the lesson to be more interesting. Brown (2009), also described the use of a medium that involves a screen as students are able to sense, detect tunes and carry out activities to further enhance students' understanding in music education. This research is carry out to identify whether the use of interactive multimedia through the internet, which can be accessed by non-optional student of musical electives and can be run at the school. Quantitative methods have been used by a number of items in the questionnaire based on numerous dimensions such as the educational content, features, learning activities, support materials, training of student assessments and interactive test package. A sample of nineteen students of 7th semester Bachelor in Education taking music education as an elective and is undergoing professional training practices in schools were selected. Through this study, some innovations are conducted via interactive multimedia package, and it shows that highly percentage able to assist students in music education system in an effective and interesting method. This is consistent with the statement by Van de Zande (2006), an interactive package linkages provide good teaching and learning in music education, particularly for teachers trained in teaching.

Modern technology is an important factor influencing the strategies of learning and teaching music. In Slovenia the information-communication environment Musical Image Format, Rhythm created by the authors represents the first example of the transfer of image format of music into the computer environment. There are two important elements of successful learning in this environment, i.e., properly conceived system architecture and graphic user interface, which enables simple and transparent as well as creative and problem based learning in the virtual community. At the same time the elaborated computer environment proved to be an adequate didactic tool in the establishment of the conditions for blended learning. The pedagogical evaluation of the prototype has shown that pupils have achieved the highest difference in their average marks before and after the research in the area of the use and the understanding of image music format. Significant results are achieved also in the field of recording and performing music format.

European Online Journal of Natural and Social Sciences, 2018

The article is devoted to the computer technologies usage in higher music education system. Accordingly to the analysis of domestic and foreign studies, computer technologies play an important role in problem solving of general didactic-to-methodological training and learning methods implemented in program product. They complete functional system of interaction development between the teacher, the student and computer; training and learning program product development to student’s future career. Proposed approaches’ main advantage is the aggregation of these approaches on the one hand, and on another – computer use approaches in various experiments, as well as identifying general didactic process regularity. This article highlights that computer abilities currently are used not enough due to low general theory and methods of computer use development in teaching and learning music. In this regard, spontaneously empirical approach prevails in organization of such training and learning...

International Journal of Music and Performing Arts, 2016

This article refers to the use of digital resources and multimedia on early stages of innovative music education. The innovative aspect within the text is mainly discussed in context of audiation. Theory of universal music learning, according to Gordon, is mostly directed at teachers. The text presents the possibility of implementing E. E. Gordon's theory into professional training of early music education teachers at Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland. The author recognises the importance of shaping research and musical instrument technical (including interdisciplinary) competences of future teachers as they help students use not only practical (pedagogical), but also empirical work of E.E. Gordon's theory. Additionally, the text presents the reports from research on the application of E.E. Gordon's Theory, carried out by students of early school and innovative music education at Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland. Music Fairytale "e-Audiation Songbook" is the first interdisciplinary project, which is the result of cooperation between music pedagogy, computer science and mechatronics students. Despite the fact that the application has not been finished yet, it is going to be implemented, tested, assessed and evaluated (in terms of content and achievement). The initiation of such activities gives ground for long-lasting pedagogical research on academic instruction quality of future early school music education teachers, when it comes to organizing their knowledge and skills via use of E.E. Gordon's theory in Poland

2008

In this paper, the authors present a study aimed at developing and evaluating a self-learning Computer Instruction Package CIP with multimedia. The evaluation focused on the quality of the multimedia, learning effectiveness as well as on students‘ satisfaction. The CIP was designed for the teaching of musical instruments to students in grades 4 and 5 in Thailand. The sample group consisted of 40 students randomly selected from grades 4 and 5 at a public school in Bangkok, Thailand. The CIP development process included five main steps: content analysis; instructional design; prototyping; implementation and; evaluation. The CIP‘s quality was evaluated by three multimedia and CIP experts. Results revealed that the quality of CIP was at a good level. Pre and post testing revealed that the CIP could help improve the students‘ learning effectiveness up to 6 %. The CIP evaluation conducted with students revealed a high level of satisfaction. The style of narration presented along with imag...

The Tenth Conference on Applied Linguistics and The Second English Language Teaching and Technology Conference in collaboration with The First International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education, 2017

Information and Communication Technology has been growing very rapidly. It allows varieties of multimedia-based elements of media learning to support more meaningful learning. The ability to use Information and Communication Technology must be mastered by students including student-teachers. Students at Pelita Harapan as Teachers College University came from various regions and culture throughout Indonesia. However, not all the students got adequate computer learning in their high school, and this difference affect their ICT skills. This study aims to develop multimedia-based ICT learning module. The data of students' ICT skills, socio-cultural background, and learning styles were collected through questionnaires and interviews. The results then analysed and developed into a user interface of the learning module. The user interface designed to accommodate different skill, cultural background and learning styles of the students. Lastly, the module made successfully and it can be used to help students in mastering the learning of Information and Communication Technology appropriately.

Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Computer Supported Education, 2019

This article is to investigate the learner's behaviour in music teaching applying information technology using ISM with Fuzzy and MICMAC approach. Since learner's behaviour features multiple characteristics which are complicated and interact with each other, this article makes clear the relationships within characteristics of learning behaviour and provides education institutions with instruction on teaching strategies for music teaching applying information technology on activating learners' learning behaviour. This research shows that music teaching applying information technology affects behaviour relating to learners' online learning attitudes, music learning motivation, and learning engagement. Among them, the self-directed learning factor p most critical to the learning behaviour. It is an innovative concept and method integrating IT into teaching and education. Teachers are applying IT to developing multiple and innovative teaching activities and ability of IT application. (Chang and Wang, 2008; Wang, 2010). This article is to describe the integration of IT with music teaching comprising music theory, music composition creation, music composition recording, music performance, musical instrument teaching, music appreciation, and music research (Lee, 2003; Tseng, 2009), and the corresponding online music teaching systems and courses. 2.2 Self-directed Learning It is requested that learners' online courses have a tendency toward self-active learning and motivation. Guglielmino (1977) and Driscoll (1994) proposed that self-directed learning implies an independent and continual behaviour affecting the learning motivation, (

2000

Our Computer Music group has been researching and developing software for Music Education since 1995. In search for a specific development methodology for Music Education software, we have collected some heuristics that are very likely to constitute its basis. These heuristics are presented and discussed in this paper. Our set of heuristics cannot be exhaustive, but it does cover important issues of Music Education software development, and we hope they may even help other development teams.