“mac basics for music production 101”
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“Mac Basics for Music Production 101”. Martín Perna EDTC 6358 Theory and Practice of E-Learning University of Texas-Brownsville Spring 2010. Contents of this Presentation. U ltimate goal of the planned online course Course accomplishments How initial plan differs from final product - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
“Mac Basics for Music Production 101”
Martín PernaEDTC 6358
Theory and Practice of E-LearningUniversity of Texas-Brownsville
Spring 2010
Contents of this Presentation
• Ultimate goal of the planned online course• Course accomplishments• How initial plan differs from final product• Rationale for online course design– Sample lessons/modules/units as an example.
• Lessons learned from project• Questions / Comments / Contact info
Ultimate Goal
• Create a useful new teaching tool for Dubspot– Meets current and future needs• Student re-training in Mac OSX environment• Adaptable to Moodle CMS
– Engages learners in 3-way dialogue• Learner-to-learner• Learner-to-instructor• Learner-to-content
Course accomplishments
• Creation of four pre-training lessons• Lessons 1-3: Mac OSX Basics• Lesson 4: Quickstart lesson for Windows users
• Each lesson contains:– 1-2 enhanced video screenshot tutorials– 1 Blackboard based quiz– 1 reading or video assignment & response
question– 1 discussion board question
Initial plan & final product: Differences
• Major differences–Software tools used–Format of quizzes–Limited interactivity of video tutorials
Initial plan & final product: Differences
• Initial plan: use Camtasia Studio (Windows)– Record screen capture– Record narration– Edit– Create assessments, surveys– Table of contents– Clickable interactive hotspots within tutorials
Initial plan & final product: Differences
• Final project: tools used– Screenflow for Mac : Screen capture and editing
• Can’t create quizzes• Can’t create hotspots or Flash interactivity
– Logic 8.0: recording and importing narration– Blackboard: Built-in quizzes
• Table of contents: Presented as within tutorial– Not fixed/interactive like within Camtasia
• No clickable hotspots within tutorial • Quizzes: built-in to Blackboard
– Used Blackboard’s image hotspot function for matching/ID questions
Rationale for Course Design
• Simulation in authentic learning context:– Multimedia video tutorials– Hotspot images within quizzes
• Discussion boards: multiple layers of interaction in authentic learning context– Learner-to-learner– Learner-to-instructor– Learner-to-content
Example: Lesson 3: Tutorial
Example: Lesson 3: Forum
Example: Lesson 3: Quiz
• Sample multiple choice question:• “You can launch or run applications in the
following ways" – From a Finder window– From Spotlight.– From the Dock, if the application is part of a dock. – From the "Recent Items" option in the Apple
Menu, if the application was used recently.
Example: Quiz: Hotspot
Lessons learned
• Start early• Be Persistent• Have multiple SW tools available to
do job• Spend time learning CMS
Lessons learned• Start early–Many false starts –First two clients dropped out–Leave time for technical problems• Couldn’t access 6358 Elluminate
sessions• Software needed to create
tutorials crashed
Lessons learned• Be Persistent–Almost ready to give up and
drop the course–Found Dubspot after two
failed attempts–Now have paid employment
with Dubspot!
Lessons learned• Have multiple SW tools
available to do job–Early March: Lost Windows
capability on my Mac–No time to reformat machine–Time spent researching,
learning more limited Mac SW
Lessons learned• Spend time learning CMS–Locate existing resources –Initially overlooked quiz
features of Blackboard–Confusion with HTML and
formatting of text
Questions? Comments?
Contact: Martin [email protected]
Client info: Dubspot348 West 14th Street - MEZZ
New York, NY 10014 1-877-DUBSPOT
http://www.dubspot.com