Using ILT in Music Technology at New College Nottingham Andy Wolfe Lecturer in Music Technology New College Nottingham
Large General FE College 6 centres across the city Good Ofsted report – Spring 2005 (Performing Arts: Grade 2)
Music at NCN Around 250 FT music students From Entry level to BA level (majority vocational) Music Performance & Production strands
Platforms Music Production courses – ProTools (HD/LE), Logic Pro Music Performance courses – Cubase SX, Sibelius PC vs. MAC
Ideas Studio Design Course Folders Moodle
Studio Design Problems with ‘traditional’ studio learning experiences –Highly passive –Small groups –No genuinely individual work
Studio Design 10 individual workstations with –Logic Pro, ProTools and other soft synths/samplers –DIGI 002 interface –Focusrite Pre-Amps –Mackie Control Surface –Patch Bay
Studio Design 1 main ‘control room’ area with all standard studio equipment and monitoring system
Studio Design 2 live rooms for recording, all patched individually to every workstation Enables 10 (11) real- time recordings and mixes of the same source
Studio Design Live Room Individual Recording Workstations MasterStation
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Studio Design Improvements – 100% active – Larger groups – Longer sessions – Genuinely individual learning experience
Course Folders Bespoke alternative to commercial VLEs (Blackboard, Learnwise etc.) College wide Very simple Windows- based format High take up amongst staff (low fear factor)
Course Folders Course Resource Repository
Course Folders Student Messaging
Course Folders Assignments
Moodle Contact other students Submit Assignments & View Grades Forums Resources/Plans/Projects Notices Notices News Diary
Discussion Get into groups of 3 and spend the remaining time discussing: –Your institution’s current use of ILT –Your own use of ILT –Anything useful to borrow/steal from this morning to far? –Any challenges you are facing in your own practice/teaching/institution