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This paper presents the possibilities of implementation of eLearning in music courses at Portland State University (PSU), Oregon, USA. The PSU Center for Academic Excellence (CAE) sponsors online based learning and innovation in teaching and scholarship. It is sometimes assumed that due to its "hands-on" nature, music is not the most suitable subject for distance learning. At the same time, entire music programs, including doctoral, have been developed at universities in the United States and many other countries, attracting students globally. PSU offers several online music courses for music majors, minors, and non-music majors. The format, structure, presentation, and facilitation of music e-Courses largely depend on the nature of the music discipline. The three applicable formats contingent on the music subject are: fully-online, hybrid, and online-supported. Knowledge-based subjects (among them survey and research courses) are conductive to fully and hybrid eLearning formats with research courses as ideal for fully-online instruction. Courses applicable to hybrid delivery include all Music History sequences, Music Theory, and Analysis. Practice-based disciplines, such as Aural Skills gain in efficiency by using online support for dictation practice. Dictations represent an essential aspect of aural skills and are designed to incorporate all parameters of the course into audiation, memorization, and notation. All formats accommodate enhanced lectures (text, pictures, scores, audio and video files), and pod- and screen-casts are best applicable to survey and history courses. Visual component proves to be significant and additionally accommodates hearing impaired students interested in studying music. Facilitation of students' individual interpretations and group interaction fosters retention. The description of online course development strategies will offer some possibilities for music eLearning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
