Author’s Note: This post takes a practical approach to using MagicSchool’s generative AI functions. The many ethical issues that surround the use of AI generative tools have been published broadly. The Center for Teaching Innovation at Cornell University presents an outline of some ethical concerns that can inform educators as they navigate these complexities andContinue reading “Exploring MagicSchool.ai to Help Teach Musical Styles”
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The Big Question:
On Adolescent Creativity in Online Learning The final assignment for EDU800 was an “elevator pitch”—an exercise in developing the ability to clearly and succinctly communicate our current interests at any given time. Wow. It was hard—not the writing of it; the delivering of it. We were asked to create and post a two-minute video outliningContinue reading “The Big Question:”
Higher Order Thinking in an Online World: Toward a Theory of Web-Mediated Knowledge Synthesis
ANNOTATION: Higher Order Thinking in an Online World: Toward a Theory of Web-Mediated Knowledge Synthesis Deschryver, M. (2014). Higher order thinking in an online world: Toward a theory of web-mediated knowledge synthesis. Teachers College Record, 116(12), 1-44. Access to the web is nearly ubiquitous at home, work, and school. Most people use the web for straightforward information-based tasks, butContinue reading “Higher Order Thinking in an Online World: Toward a Theory of Web-Mediated Knowledge Synthesis”
On the Nature of Creativity: Drawing from the PISA 2021 Creative Thinking Framework
CITATION: OECD. (2019). Framework for the Assessment of Creative Thinking in PISA 2021 (Third Draft) This is a long entry—much longer than I normally post—that in effect summarizes the PISA Creativity Framework, the theoretical foundation for an international test designed to assess creativity. This post begins with an overview of the assessment, then moves into a descriptionContinue reading “On the Nature of Creativity: Drawing from the PISA 2021 Creative Thinking Framework”
Self-determination theory: An approach to motivation in music education
ANNOTATION: Evans, Paul (2015). Self-determination theory: An approach to motivation in music education. Musicae Scientiae, 19(1), 65-83. doi: 10.1177/10298649/4568044. Though numerous motivational models have been previously applied to understand motivation in music learning, no theoretical framework has been universally accepted. In this article, Evans provides an argument for Self-Determination Theory as an ideal theoretical modelContinue reading “Self-determination theory: An approach to motivation in music education”
The Effect of Individualized Online Instruction on TPACK Skills and Achievement in Piano Lessons
ANNOTATION: Kaleli, Y. S. (2021). The Effect of Individualized Online Instruction on TPACK Skills and Achievement in Piano Lessons. International Journal of Technology in Education 4(3), 399-412. doi.org/10.46328/ijte.143 This study worked with a control group and experimental group of music education majors to compare student learning outcomes and performance in online piano instruction via aContinue reading “The Effect of Individualized Online Instruction on TPACK Skills and Achievement in Piano Lessons”
“Computer Hypertextual ‘Uncovering’ in Art Education”
ANNOTATION: Taylor, Pamela G. and B. Stephen Carpenter, II. “Computer Hypertextual ‘Uncovering’ in Art Education.” Jl. Of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia (2005) 14(1) 25-45. In this work, authors Taylor and Carpenter explored the use of hypermedia in high school, as well as university undergraduate and graduate art education classes to explore ways that hypertext “uncovering”Continue reading ““Computer Hypertextual ‘Uncovering’ in Art Education””
“The Web as an Information The Web as an Information Resource in K–12 Education: Strategies for Supporting Students in Searching and Processing Information.”
ANNOTATION: Kuiper, Els, Monique Volman, and Jan Terwel. “The Web as an Information Resource in K–12 Education: Strategies for Supporting Students in Searching and Processing Information.” Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Review of Educational Research. Fall 2005, Vol. 75, No. 3, pp. 285–328. This article from 2005 is a meta-analysis of research in Web-based learning from 1997-2002.Continue reading ““The Web as an Information The Web as an Information Resource in K–12 Education: Strategies for Supporting Students in Searching and Processing Information.””
“Bringing a ‘What’s the problem represented to be?’ approach to music education: A National Plan for Music Education 2022”
ANNOTATION: Carol Bacchi (2023) Bringing a ‘What’s the problem represented to be?’ approach to music education: a national plan for music education 2022, Music Education Research, 25:3, 231-241, DOI: 10.1080/14613808.2023.2223220 This article presents Carol Bacchi’s “What’s the Problem Represented to Be?” (WPR) critical approach to interpreting the UK’s National Plan for Music Education document (2022).Continue reading ““Bringing a ‘What’s the problem represented to be?’ approach to music education: A National Plan for Music Education 2022””
Mayer’s “Thirty Years of Research in Online Learning” and Future Directions
ANNOTATION: Mayer, Richard E. Thirty years of research on online learning. Applied Cognitive Psychology. 2019; 33: 152-159. This paper presents Richard E. Mayer’s personal overview and analysis of research developments in online learning over the past 30 years, showing the ways that online learning contributes to the science of learning (how people learn), the scienceContinue reading “Mayer’s “Thirty Years of Research in Online Learning” and Future Directions”
Susan Gedutis Lindsay 