Are You Choosing the Right Software for Your Class? How we Revised an Introduction to Music Technology Course
In audio education, one of the challenges is teaching music to largely non-music majors. Teaching the components of music like rhythm, melody, and structure to those with little or no musical training is problematic. How do you teach music technology to those without musical backgrounds? What do music and non-music majors have in common?
The New Ivory Tower and How it Isolates Student and Community Thinking: Edu-Gentrification
This article is about the physical structure of college campuses today and how they have affected the university and surrounding community culture.
Keywords: education, college, Edu-gentrification, geography (of a campus), student life.
Are Internships Educational or a Ruse for Free Labor Practice?
Internships are not free labor. Internships are supposed to be for educational purposes and extension of the classroom. An intern should be at a facility to experience the day-to-day operations of how to do a job. Interns should not be roadies, coffee baristas, servers, and janitors.
Are Rubrics Stunting Student Creativity? How to Help Students Reduce Grade Fixation and Promote Creativity.
An interesting trend right now is the rubric fixation. More students are asking for detailed rubrics on creative assignments. Is the rubric removing the creativity out of projects?