a2ru Webinar: Navigating Online Arts Instruction Part 2
(If you missed this webinar, a video is available here.)
The Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities invites you to join our upcoming webinar, Navigating Online Arts Instruction Part 2: Finding Harmony in the Midst of Chaos: A Conversation about Remote Music Instruction, on Wednesday, July 29th, at 3:00pm EDT.
With a specific focus on remote music instruction, this panel will explore how to maintain a personal connection with students within a virtual space, the strengths and weaknesses of technology when used to give students performance-based feedback and emotional support, and how to sustain morale and continue to develop new ideas for creativity as the novelty of remote teaching and learning wanes. Panelists will also discuss the challenges of incorporating a service-learning component into an online course, and how they have used guiding questions for listening assignments to encourage experiential learning. Panelists will use feedback from their students to address the advantages and disadvantages of online learning for specific course material, and what students hope to gain from this “new” mode of learning. Finally, the panel will close by looking at some of the ways the music community has responded to the pandemic and questioning who these responses benefit, both now and long-term. Looking towards the fall, they will discuss questions such as: What does COVID aware / future oriented pedagogy look like? What are the advantages of small, online arts / technology classes? What should be the decision structure for choosing between online, in-person, or blended teaching?
We especially encourage attendees to send in questions before the webinar to help us better facilitate a productive discussion that addresses our audience's needs.
This webinar is part of a series of discipline-specific conversations, designed to give arts instructors a space to discuss their experiences with remote instruction, to share and gather resources, and to support one another. For more information, visit a2ru.org.
Moderator
Ben Knapp
Founding Executive Director
Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology
Virginia Tech
Presenters
Luvada Harrison
Assistant Professor
Musical Theatre / Voice
University of Alabama
Timothy Jones
Assistant Professor
Music in Percussion Studies
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Eric Lyon
Associate Professor
Music Technology, Composition
Virginia Tech
Jean Martin-Williams
Josiah Meigs Distinguished
Teaching Professor, Music
Associate Dean, Franklin College
University of Georgia
Stephanie Tingler
Associate Professor of Voice
University of Georgia
