1. Using ILT in Music Technology at New College Nottingham Andy Wolfe Lecturer in Music Technology New College Nottingham

2. Large General FE College 6 centres across the city Good Ofsted report – Spring 2005 (Performing Arts: Grade 2)

3. Music at NCN Around 250 FT music students From Entry level to BA level (majority vocational) Music Performance & Production strands

4. Platforms Music Production courses – ProTools (HD/LE), Logic Pro Music Performance courses – Cubase SX, Sibelius PC vs. MAC

5. Ideas Studio Design Course Folders Moodle

6. Studio Design Problems with ‘traditional’ studio learning experiences –Highly passive –Small groups –No genuinely individual work

7. 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

8. Studio Design 1 main ‘control room’ area with all standard studio equipment and monitoring system

9. 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

10. Studio Design Live Room Individual Recording Workstations MasterStation

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12. Studio Design Improvements – 100% active – Larger groups – Longer sessions – Genuinely individual learning experience

13. 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)

14. Course Folders Course Resource Repository

15. Course Folders Student Messaging

16. Course Folders Assignments

17. Moodle Contact other students Submit Assignments & View Grades Forums Resources/Plans/Projects Notices Notices News Diary

18. 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