Online Learning Update Ray Schroeder, editor, OTEL - University of Illinois at Springfield

Bobby Approved (v 3.2)
Wednesday, January 09, 2002

http://chronicle.com/free/2002/01/2002010901u.htm

An Online Course Teaches Music Educators New Techniques for Attracting Students
By BROCK READ

"Technology makes it possible for young students to do amazing things musically," says David A. Williams, an assistant professor of music education at the University of South Florida. But the popularity of electronic keyboards and computer programs has created difficulties for music teachers, he says. Student interest in band, choir, and orchestra classes -- the staples of music education in primary and secondary schools -- has dropped as the popularity of electronic musical devices has grown....

 



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