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SUMMARY:Virtual Webinar! series 7: Learning\, Collaborating and Making Mus
 ic Online: An Exploration of Possibilities - Dr. Alex Ruthmann\, New York 
 University
DTSTART:20140226T170000Z
DTEND:20140226T183000Z
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CONTACT:Lucian Stephenson
DESCRIPTION:The Series of Webinars for Professional Development in the Art
 s aims to provide opportunities for college students\, professors\, practi
 tioners and researchers to participate in webinars with internationally re
 cognized leaders and experts in music and arts education. This program has
  strengthened international collaboration among educational and research i
 nstitutions in Argentina\, Canada\, Cyprus\, Brazil\, England\, Mexico and
  the United States. Initiated in February 2010 at the Universidad Autónom
 a de Chihuahua\, the Seventh Series is also simultaneously transmitted at 
 the University of Cambridge\, Ball State University\, Benedictine Universi
 ty\, Simon Fraser Unviersity\, University of London\, Universidad Veracruz
 ana\, Gettysburg College\, Conservatorio de Música de Chihuahua\,  Univer
 sidade do Estado de Santa Catarina\, Instituto Universitario Nacional del 
 Arte\, University of Cyprus\, SEEECH\, and IIIECH.  You are cordially invi
 ted to participate in this collaborative effort to bring the latest advanc
 es in music and arts education research\, and their implications for pract
 ice in the arts.\n\n*Abstract*\n\nThis presentation will introduce the aud
 ience to several projects currently being incubated within the NYU Music E
 xperience Design Lab (MusEDLab). We research and design new technologies a
 nd experiences for music making\, learning and engagement with community a
 nd industry partners. Our current work focuses on the design of new music 
 learning and making experiences through online music and media creation to
 ols\, forums\, and interactive media. Three main projects-in-progress will
  be presented and summarized: 1) a pilot inquiry into the social sharing p
 ractices within the Noteflight.com About Composition forum\, 2) design-bas
 ed research outcomes from the Play With Your Music MOOC project\, and 3) a
  preview of the development of new collaborative browser-based music makin
 g tools and “making kits” for young musical creators.\n\n*Bio*\n\n*Dr.
  S. Alex Ruthmann* is Associate Professor of Music Education and Music Tec
 hnology at NYU Steinhardt where he teaches courses at the intersection of 
 music\, education and technology and leads the NYU Music Experience Design
  Lab\, which researches and develops technologies and experiences in colla
 boration with community and industry partners. Since joining the faculty a
 t NYU Steinhardt\, Ruthmann has co-developed the Play With Your Music MOOC
  in collaboration with the MIT Media Lab and P2PU. He works collaborativel
 y with students and faculty researchers in the NYU Music and Audio Researc
 h Lab on applying basic research in music information retrieval to educati
 onal experiences\, and is currently a Co-PI on a National Science Foundati
 on grant researching interdisciplinary methods of teaching of computationa
 l and musical thinking. 
LOCATION: Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road\, Cambridge\, CB2 8PQ\, Ro
 om 2S7
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