We Don’t Need No Education Using music-driven instructional activities for online courses Patrick Lowenthal | patrick.lowenthal@ucdenver.edu Joni Dunlap | joni.dunlap@ucdenver.edu

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Agenda The Power of Music Instructional Potential of Music Music-Driven Instructional Activities

The Power of Music

Instructional Potential of Music

Music-Driven Instructional Activities

The Power of Music

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Instructional Potential of Music

“ Music offers great opportunities for communication and expression, for creativity and … it’s good for the brain and can enhance learning and intellectual development" (Weinberger, 1998, p. 39).

“ Music offers great opportunities for communication and expression , for creativity and … it’s good for the brain and can enhance learning and intellectual development" (Weinberger, 1998, p. 39).

It has been linked to memory, speech and language acquisition, intelligence, emotion, and identity.

It has been linked to memory , speech and language acquisition, intelligence , emotion , and identity .

In one study, college students demonstrated improved studying ability after listening to Mozart (Rauscher, Shaw, & Ky, 1993)

Music’s potential to enhance students' learning and experience has been documented in a variety of P-12 settings, including foreign language, humanities and social sciences, English as a second language (ESL), and history.

Music’s potential to enhance students' learning and experience has been documented in a variety of P-12 settings , including foreign language, humanities and social sciences, English as a second language (ESL), and history.

Potential of Music in Online Courses

Music and Social Presence

Music and Social Presence Social presence is the sense of being “there” and being “real” Music can inform people about the presence and mood of others and increase people's perceptions about the social richness of a medium. Music can help promote social interactions, specifically the types of social interactions needed to connect with others and be perceived as real online.

Social presence is the sense of being “there” and being “real”

Music can inform people about the presence and mood of others and increase people's perceptions about the social richness of a medium.

Music can help promote social interactions, specifically the types of social interactions needed to connect with others and be perceived as real online.

Music and Social Presence Social presence is the sense of being “there” and being “real” Music can inform people about the presence and mood of others and increase people's perceptions about the social richness of a medium. Music can help promote social interactions, specifically the types of social interactions needed to connect with others and be perceived as real online.

Social presence is the sense of being “there” and being “real”

Music can inform people about the presence and mood of others and increase people's perceptions about the social richness of a medium.

Music can help promote social interactions, specifically the types of social interactions needed to connect with others and be perceived as real online.

Music and Social Presence Social presence is the sense of being “there” and being “real” Music can inform people about the presence and mood of others and increase people's perceptions about the social richness of a medium. Music can help promote social interactions, specifically the types of social interactions needed to connect with others and be perceived as real online.

Social presence is the sense of being “there” and being “real”

Music can inform people about the presence and mood of others and increase people's perceptions about the social richness of a medium.

Music can help promote social interactions, specifically the types of social interactions needed to connect with others and be perceived as real online.

Music and Interest Students rarely relate fun and interest with formal educational experiences. Music is important to adolescents and gets their attention and interest; but music helps people of all ages express their individual identities . Use music and allow students a chance to begin their new learning with something they are already interested in. Intrinsically motivated students will expend more effort on tasks and activities they find inherently enjoyable and interesting

Students rarely relate fun and interest with formal educational experiences.

Music is important to adolescents and gets their attention and interest; but music helps people of all ages express their individual identities .

Use music and allow students a chance to begin their new learning with something they are already interested in.

Intrinsically motivated students will expend more effort on tasks and activities they find inherently enjoyable and interesting

Music and Interest Students rarely relate fun and interest with formal educational experiences. Music is important to adolescents and gets their attention and interest; but music helps people of all ages express their individual identities . Use music and allow students a chance to begin their new learning with something they are already interested in. Intrinsically motivated students will expend more effort on tasks and activities they find inherently enjoyable and interesting

Students rarely relate fun and interest with formal educational experiences.

Music is important to adolescents and gets their attention and interest; but music helps people of all ages express their individual identities .

Use music and allow students a chance to begin their new learning with something they are already interested in.

Intrinsically motivated students will expend more effort on tasks and activities they find inherently enjoyable and interesting

Music and Interest Students rarely relate fun and interest with formal educational experiences. Music is important to adolescents and gets their attention and interest; but music helps people of all ages express their individual identities . Use music and allow students a chance to begin their new learning with something they are already interested in. Intrinsically motivated students will expend more effort on tasks and activities they find inherently enjoyable and interesting

Students rarely relate fun and interest with formal educational experiences.

Music is important to adolescents and gets their attention and interest; but music helps people of all ages express their individual identities .

Use music and allow students a chance to begin their new learning with something they are already interested in.

Intrinsically motivated students will expend more effort on tasks and activities they find inherently enjoyable and interesting

Music and Interest Students rarely relate fun and interest with formal educational experiences. Music is important to adolescents and gets their attention and interest; but music helps people of all ages express their individual identities . Use music and allow students a chance to begin their new learning with something they are already interested in. Intrinsically motivated students will expend more effort on tasks and activities they find inherently enjoyable and interesting

Students rarely relate fun and interest with formal educational experiences.

Music is important to adolescents and gets their attention and interest; but music helps people of all ages express their individual identities .

Use music and allow students a chance to begin their new learning with something they are already interested in.

Intrinsically motivated students will expend more effort on tasks and activities they find inherently enjoyable and interesting

Music and Content Interaction Interaction is the standard for student engagement and a critical component of learning experiences Music involves students in student-to-content interaction through generative learning activities Which require students to be responsible for creating, elaborating, and representing domain knowledge in an organized manner. Through music-driven generative learning activities, students take an active role in forming new understandings through the application of learned content to the creation of musical products.

Interaction is the standard for student engagement and a critical component of learning experiences

Music involves students in student-to-content interaction through generative learning activities

Which require students to be responsible for creating, elaborating, and representing domain knowledge in an organized manner.

Through music-driven generative learning activities, students take an active role in forming new understandings through the application of learned content to the creation of musical products.

Music and Content Interaction Interaction is the standard for student engagement and a critical component of learning experiences Music involves students in student-to-content interaction through generative learning activities Which require students to be responsible for creating, elaborating, and representing domain knowledge in an organized manner. Through music-driven generative learning activities, students take an active role in forming new understandings through the application of learned content to the creation of musical products.

Interaction is the standard for student engagement and a critical component of learning experiences

Music involves students in student-to-content interaction through generative learning activities

Which require students to be responsible for creating, elaborating, and representing domain knowledge in an organized manner.

Through music-driven generative learning activities, students take an active role in forming new understandings through the application of learned content to the creation of musical products.

Music and Content Interaction Interaction is the standard for student engagement and a critical component of learning experiences Music involves students in student-to-content interaction through generative learning activities Which require students to be responsible for creating, elaborating, and representing domain knowledge in an organized manner. Through music-driven generative learning activities, students take an active role in forming new understandings through the application of learned content to the creation of musical products.

Interaction is the standard for student engagement and a critical component of learning experiences

Music involves students in student-to-content interaction through generative learning activities

Which require students to be responsible for creating, elaborating, and representing domain knowledge in an organized manner.

Through music-driven generative learning activities, students take an active role in forming new understandings through the application of learned content to the creation of musical products.

Music-Driven Instructional Activities

Internet Jukeboxes

Soundtrack of your life What makes you rock? Setting the stage for learning Concept-specific soundtrack Knowledge-comprehension recital Music video Any other ideas?

Soundtrack of your life

What makes you rock?

Setting the stage for learning

Concept-specific soundtrack

Knowledge-comprehension recital

Music video

Any other ideas?

Soundtrack of your life What makes you rock? Setting the stage for learning Concept-specific soundtrack Knowledge-comprehension recital Music video Any other ideas?

Soundtrack of your life

What makes you rock?

Setting the stage for learning

Concept-specific soundtrack

Knowledge-comprehension recital

Music video

Any other ideas?

Soundtrack of your life What makes you rock? Setting the stage for learning Concept-specific soundtrack Knowledge-comprehension recital Music video Any other ideas?

Soundtrack of your life

What makes you rock?

Setting the stage for learning

Concept-specific soundtrack

Knowledge-comprehension recital

Music video

Any other ideas?

Soundtrack of your life What makes you rock? Setting the stage for learning Concept-specific soundtrack Knowledge-comprehension recital Music video Any other ideas?

Soundtrack of your life

What makes you rock?

Setting the stage for learning

Concept-specific soundtrack

Knowledge-comprehension recital

Music video

Any other ideas?

Soundtrack of your life What makes you rock? Setting the stage for learning Concept-specific soundtrack Knowledge-comprehension recital Music video Any other ideas?

Soundtrack of your life

What makes you rock?

Setting the stage for learning

Concept-specific soundtrack

Knowledge-comprehension recital

Music video

Any other ideas?

Soundtrack of your life What makes you rock? Setting the stage for learning Concept-specific soundtrack Knowledge-comprehension recital Music video Any other ideas?

Soundtrack of your life

What makes you rock?

Setting the stage for learning

Concept-specific soundtrack

Knowledge-comprehension recital

Music video

Any other ideas?

Soundtrack of your life What makes you rock? Setting the stage for learning Concept-specific soundtrack Knowledge-comprehension recital Music video Any other ideas?

Soundtrack of your life

What makes you rock?

Setting the stage for learning

Concept-specific soundtrack

Knowledge-comprehension recital

Music video

Any other ideas?

Questions ?

Questions ?

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