Welcome to #MFLearn19
#MFLearn19 launches on May 2019 and you are invited to be part of it!
What is #MFLearn19?
#MFLearn19 is a 'connectivist' MOOC, a 6-week online course which focuses on the informal learning practices of popular musicians, using the five principles that Lucy Green developed through her books How Popular Musicians Learn (2002) and Music, Informal Learning and the School (2008).
The main content is generated by the participants through blogging, discussion, networking and sharing of practice. The course is free of charge and open to anyone who would like to take part. For details and to register click here
The overall aim is to develop a better understanding of how these principles can transfer into the classroom. Each week will focus on a different principle with a different guest speaker.
#MFLearn19 will bring together a global community of music educators to improve our shared understanding of applying informal music learning practices in the classroom. With an exciting line up of guest presenters and a range of different ways to get involved, #MFLearn19 is open access and free of charge to anyone that wishes to participate.
Created by Musical Futures International Asia Program Co-Ordinator, Steve Jackman, course presenters include Ethan Hein and Gareth Dylan Smith (USA), Anna Gower (UK), Emily Wilson (Aus), Ken Owen (Aus), Gwen Moore (Ireland) and Anna Mariguddi (UK).
The main content is generated by the participants through blogging, discussion, networking and sharing of practice. The course is free of charge and open to anyone who would like to take part. For details and to register click here
The overall aim is to develop a better understanding of how these principles can transfer into the classroom. Each week will focus on a different principle with a different guest speaker.
#MFLearn19 will bring together a global community of music educators to improve our shared understanding of applying informal music learning practices in the classroom. With an exciting line up of guest presenters and a range of different ways to get involved, #MFLearn19 is open access and free of charge to anyone that wishes to participate.
Created by Musical Futures International Asia Program Co-Ordinator, Steve Jackman, course presenters include Ethan Hein and Gareth Dylan Smith (USA), Anna Gower (UK), Emily Wilson (Aus), Ken Owen (Aus), Gwen Moore (Ireland) and Anna Mariguddi (UK).
Who is it for?
This course is for everyone; beginners, experts, newbies and oldies. If you’re interested in discovering, reflecting and sharing about the way popular musicians learn music informally and how this can be incorporated into the classroom then this course is for you.
How it works
On this course we are both teachers and students. We learn together and from each other through sharing, reflection and discussion. There is a course leader, however their role is to facilitate, co-ordinate, moderate and provide technical support. Participants create and co-create the knowledge and course content.
You choose your path, deciding which tasks are for you and how much you actively involve yourself in interacting with other participants. At the end of the course hopefully we will have a better individual and shared understanding of how informal music learning practices can be incorporated into the classroom.
There is no formal assessment, test, assignment or exam you have to take to pass, however course completion certificates will be awarded based on your level of participation on the course.
You choose your path, deciding which tasks are for you and how much you actively involve yourself in interacting with other participants. At the end of the course hopefully we will have a better individual and shared understanding of how informal music learning practices can be incorporated into the classroom.
There is no formal assessment, test, assignment or exam you have to take to pass, however course completion certificates will be awarded based on your level of participation on the course.
Each week includes a variety of tasks
View- video segments from guest presenters and course leaders
Read- links to papers, resources, articles and blogs
Experiment- Accept a challenge and try something new in your classroom
Blog- Blog about what you learnt during the week, share your reflections and knowledge, these posts will then be aggregated by the course website and automatically shared through the course site.
Participate- join discussions in the forums on the course site, comment and interact on various social media platforms including a weekly Facebook chat
Tweet- share your blog posts using the hashtag #MFlearn19
Read- links to papers, resources, articles and blogs
Experiment- Accept a challenge and try something new in your classroom
Blog- Blog about what you learnt during the week, share your reflections and knowledge, these posts will then be aggregated by the course website and automatically shared through the course site.
Participate- join discussions in the forums on the course site, comment and interact on various social media platforms including a weekly Facebook chat
Tweet- share your blog posts using the hashtag #MFlearn19
You are in charge of your learning but here are some possible learning outcomes from the course:
- Demonstrate a critical understanding of how informal popular music learning practices could be incorporated into your classroom context
- Be able to summarise your thinking regarding effective informal music making through reflective blogging, forum and social media discussions
- Develop an online personal learning community through blogging and other forms of social media
- Evaluate and improve your individual, and the communities shared understanding of how to incorporate informal music learning pedagogy in the classroom.
