Students composing music in a cognitive apprenticeship interdisciplinary online curriculum: An analysis of systemic issues in the MUSYC-IT program

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York, F., Rigano, D. & Henderson, L. (2002). Students composing music in a cognitive apprenticeship interdisciplinary online curriculum: An analysis of systemic issues in the MUSYC-IT program. In P. Barker & S. Rebelsky (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2002 (pp. 763-768). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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Conference Information

World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2002
Denver, Colorado, USA
2002
ISBN 1-880094-45-2
  Philip Barker & Samuel Rebelsky
AACE

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Authors

Frank York, Donna Rigano, Lyn Henderson, James Cook University, Australia

Abstract

Music Uniting Schools, Youth, and Communities through Information Technologies (MUSYC-IT) is an innovative multidisciplinary program offered to Grade 5-8 students in Schools of Distance Education and small rural schools. Students conduct an oral history interview, reinterpret this as a lyric, compose a melody to that lyric using computer software in a cognitive apprenticeship model through mentoring by experts via the Internet. The paper analyses 764 emails to identify the issues involved. The findings reveal four major themes: information technologies; intersystemic development; implementation and delivery; and student learning and outcomes. Technological gliches, variability in mentors, commitment of participants, maintenance of the status quo were major issues. Most students completed their song and presented it publicly; principals, parents, and students request it be continued.

Keywords

• Schools
• Distance Education
• Educational Technology
• Learning Outcomes
• Mentoring

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