Let’s look at the questions and reflections placed this week at MOOC The Place of Music in 21st Century.
1. You were introduced to the DAW (or sequencer), the step sequencer, and a range of notation software. Do you feel you would like to explore any of these technologies further?
As for DAW (Digital Audio Workstations) I need to take time to study them and thus increase my work horizon. I want to study Ableton Live.
The DAW I currently use for recording is Reaper. It’s free and has amazing features.
As for Step Sequencer, I don’t have much contact but I use an App called Soundcorset Tuner, Metronome & Recorder where I programmed Afro-Bahian rhythm Claves in the step sequencer this App has.
I have been using notation software for a long time. In my case I use Finale.
2. Have you been persuaded that the DJ-producer does have an awful lot of sophisticated musical skills?
Yes, but I thought that way before the course. It is very clear that today’s DJ-producers study much more music than in the past and musicians who have had formal education in the field are also entering this DJ’s universe, thus raising the bar for this kind of production.
However …. There are still many DJ’s who know nothing about music. But with the competitive market as we see the tendency of these is to disappear.
3. Do you agree with David Price that learning has gone “OPEN”?
Yes!! I mentioned this in another post HERE.
Open Education is significantly cheaper than traditional courses and you can do at your home. In short, it saves time, money and there is no need to leave home to be done. Eventually in some cases you have to take a few classes, usually on weekends, a few times during the course.
4. What were the best examples of OPEN learning that you found either in the course content, in your own searching, or the work of your peers?
The ones I discovered are these:
Bradesco Foundation (Portuguese Only)
Focused on the general job market.
Edx has a wide range of courses in several languages. I recommend looking at the course Artistic Research in Music – an Introduction
Site also with a wide range of courses in several languages. I recommend Becoming a Better Music Teacher from ABRSM
This Below was a colleague here from the course you indicated.
I found two good music courses to do when I have free time: Assessment in secondary music and Teaching secondary music
5. What does Project Based Learning (or the other BLs) have to offer Music Education? And what does Music Education have to offer Project Based Learning, and all learning, in the 21st Century
PBL’s help integrate areas of knowledge. For example: Nowadays there is a great demand for the musician’s career self-management, career self-disclosure, social networking etc … A good PBL involving digital communication and administration with students composing music and spreading music in social networks and managing costs of advertising, production and other elements.
Music can be an aggregating element of various elements of a BL. When students study various subjects and with the acquired knowledge they can make a composition and put Lyrics based on the studied subject, adding artistic value and practicing creativity.
There are instances of teachers who make music to help students learn topics of certain subjects.
Check it out this chemistry teacher who did some Brazilian Funk’s about the electrochemistry of batteries (portuguese)
See ya
Rafael Lázaro - Musical Education 