This example demonstrates different models of course delivery for both synchronous and asynchronous instruction.
Course type
Music Theory/Aural Skills
Examples
Music 214: Post-tonal Musicianship
Class size
≈20, multiple sections
Room capacity
CHM 232 = 27 seats (while socially distancing = 10?)
Asynchronous
Model 1: Written theory & analysis, delivered via recorded lectures
Model 2: Aural skills, delivered via recorded demonstration of skills & concepts
Synchronous
Model 1: In-class aural skills, singing together to acquire skills & concepts in real time
Model 2: In-class written theory & analysis via activities & brief lectures/demonstrations
Assessments
6, total exams. One every two weeks for most of the semester.
Assignments
Written theory homework due periodically, aural skills homework also due periodically. All work done by hand, but scanned and submitted electronically.
Individual Appointments
2 or 3 times per semester, students demonstrate aural skills by recording a performance and submitting the recording electronically.
Compositions
3, total. Students electronically submit original compositions at the end of each unit.