An
Interactive Multimedia Program
This
interactive training program will help undergraduate choral
music education students understand more fully the role
of the choral conductor during rehearsal. Specifically,
this program will focus on the choral conductor as a problem
solver and reflective educator. Through interaction with
this program, students will encounter common problems in
the areas of tone, blend, balance, intonation, diction,
and rhythmic integrity and they will learn how to solve
these problems effectively and efficiently. Furthermore,
students will learn how experienced conductors address choral
problems and the dynamic mix of problem solving techniques
that are implemented as they solve choral issues during
live rehearsal sessions. The rationale
from this project is based on prior research that was documented
in an unpublished paper entitled "Interactive Multimedia
Instruction: Developing a Model for Use in Choral Music
Education". This
paper describes the benefits of producing a multimedia program
for the purpose of providing pre-service choral students
with a basic model of problem solving techniques.
Our
intent is to produce both a stand-alone Computer Based Training
(CBT) and a Web-based Training (WBT) application for delivery
via CD-ROM and distance learning formats.
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