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Aural skills for Level II Musicians
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Project Outline

• Within the vocational subject of music a range of
  aural skills topics were selected
• For each area a series of discrete, interactive
  listening and test activities were designed to
  reinforce and test student knowledge in aural
  recognition skills
• The materials involved extensive use of sound,
  interaction, activity and feedback, and were
  written in plain English.

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Benefits of the project for staff

• Skills development in music graphic software
  (Sibelius)
• Working with different audio formats (wav. Mp3)
• The development of Flash animation skills
• Authoring skills within a template.

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Benefits of the project for students

• Reinforcement and testing of existing knowledge
• Development and enhancement of existing aural
  awareness skills
• Differentiation through pace of learning
• Dovetailing with other aural resources and
  teaching strategies within a MLE
• Flexibility of use by both tutor and learner.

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Future Developments

• The extension of this work into other Learning
  Objects focussing on a range of aural skills
• Integration of audio resources into Learning
  Objects within music, languages, EFL, and
  pre-vocational studies
• The skills developed in sound engineering for
  web-based delivery can be disseminated to music
  students on a variety of courses.

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Screen design and orientation

• Each separate 'learning object' has its own
  homepage. A variety of options are available in
  the central, white page area.

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Example Content Screen

• Content is clearly broken down and often
  comprises a mix of text and media
• In many cases the media is interactive and
  following the instructions will result in further
  reinforcement of points made within the text.

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How the materials can be used

• The learner can work on their own in an IT
  classroom environment with a tutor providing
  assistance
• More able learners can work independently, either
  in a drop-in IT facility, or from home
• The material can also be used in a whole class
  situation using a data projector.