Abstract
<p class="Abstract">The organization of Romanian distance learning in music has been supported in terms of research, collaboration and financing by European projects, with the following achievements: training of teaching staff involved in distance learning, assistance in activities meant to introduce ICT in general schools, construction of a platform dedicated to distance learning activities, creating a database with instrumental accompaniments for singers, designing multimedia courses, assessing distance learning programs offered by the Academy of Music Gheorghe Dima in Cluj-Napoca.</p><p class="Abstract">The Prelude Training Programme on ICT in Music Education – a project aimed at developing a training programme for in-service music educators, as there are many ways in which technology helps educators meet instructional goals: Programs designed to help students develop their musicianship or improve their knowledge of notation and skill in reading notation, support with improvisation skills, notation and sequencing programs which assist students in composition activities.</p><p class="Abstract">Vemus - Virtual European Music Schools - a programme which focuses on teaching music notation or performing instruments, involving execution of rhythm patterns, melody, music scores; E-vocal learning, with simultaneous appearance of sound and notation, conducted by famous musicians. DIMA - Direct Impact of Multimedia Application - a platform that comprises courses, audio and video examples focusing on music history, performing and listening activities.</p><p class="Abstract">The partners proceed from various areas (higher education, innovation/development centers), and the projects were conceived to stimulate the implementation of ICT in the educational process in music, approaching teaching staff as a target group, and students as an interested party.</p>The need for such products was revealed by interviews and questionnaires and the results’ evaluation proved that the online environment can be accessed in order to develop educational resources, enrich lesson content, motivate and engage children in music education, deliver information and learning opportunities, stimulate children in their musical endeavors.
Highlights
The introduction of information and communication technology in music has created interdisciplinary fields that have subsequently established a basis for various disciplines such as: musicology, computer-assisted composition, acoustics, sound processing, psychoacoustics, interfering to an equal extent with principles from physics, electronics, informatics, and social sciences
Access to experience in the music field in European countries; training of Romanian teaching staff in using electronic platforms and ICT in music classes; specialization of the tutors and coordinators involved in the distance learning activities in Academy of Music Gheorghe Dima (AMGD); assistance from specialists in activities linked to the introduction of ICT in general schools; construction of an interactive platform dedicated to distance activities
The co-work in European networks resulted in the construction of our own distance learning system in AMGD [15]. and in finding solutions for a broad range of requests
Summary
The introduction of information and communication technology in music has created interdisciplinary fields that have subsequently established a basis for various disciplines such as: musicology, computer-assisted composition, acoustics, sound processing, psychoacoustics, interfering to an equal extent with principles from physics, electronics, informatics, and social sciences. In AMGD, we applied the following evaluation tools: a) interviews held with the selected teachers (teachers of theory and musical instruments) b) two questionnaires applied to 25 teachers; the first questionnaire comprised 12 questions focusing on the evaluation of ICT degrees, and the second had 10 questions aiming at identifying the evolution trend of IT in the following five years This highlighted necessities linked to the following shortcomings: The PRELUDE project represents a paradigm of the distance education plan that seeks to employ the advantages of Open and Distance Learning (ODL) instruments and techniques in order to provide:. Accomplishments of AMGD access to experience in the music field in European countries; training of Romanian teaching staff in using electronic platforms and ICT in music classes; specialization of the tutors and coordinators involved in the distance learning activities in AMGD; assistance from specialists in activities linked to the introduction of ICT in general schools; construction of an interactive platform dedicated to distance activities. - research projects in IT, for example exploration of the adaptation of on-line educational tools to the artisticmusical education, a project financed by the Ministry of Research in Romania
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