ERIC Number: EJ1138698
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017-May
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-0255-7614
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Online Music Collaboration Project: Digitally Mediated, Deterritorialized Music Education
Cremata, Radio; Powell, Bryan
International Journal of Music Education, v35 n2 p302-315 May 2017
This article investigates and interrogates notions of student-centered music learning through collaboration in digital spaces. By harnessing the power and potential of Internet networks, one music educator in Miami, FL challenged his students to an online music collaboration project (OMCP) where students were asked to engage in deterritorialized collaborations with persons outside their classroom spaces. While in class collaboration was a hallmark of the class in other projects and areas of study, this particular 7-week project specifically targeted deterritorialized student collaborations through networked mediated digital music tools. The data discusses participant perspectives and contextualizes it within implications for music education in an evolving social sphere. The purpose of this research is to shed light on new pedagogies and push boundaries on what constitutes musical sharing places. While the students in this study needed guidance from the teacher/facilitator, the student agency, freedom and flow that resulted from the OMCP revealed an enthusiastic student perspective that was ripe for creativity. Implications for music education include widened notions of what constitutes a musical instruments, musical ensembles and musical venues. Further implications relate to broadened perspectives concerning student-centered learning, constructivist learning in music context and teacher/facilitator roles.
Descriptors: Music Education, Research Projects, High School Students, Music, Creativity, Musicians, Music Teachers, Student Centered Learning, Constructivism (Learning), Web 2.0 Technologies, Communities of Practice, Technology Uses in Education, Computer Mediated Communication, Semi Structured Interviews, Electronic Learning, Case Studies, Observation, Qualitative Research
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Florida (Miami)
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