University courses

The course connects STEAM education with music learning and practice. It explores classroom music production, Maker Movement activities, creative programming, interactive interfaces, virtual, augmented and mixed reality, and artificial intelligence. Lectures, workshops and group projects support the design and evaluation of digital STEAM resources for music education.

The course focuses on designing, creating and evaluating resources for music education. Learning theories and instructional design are connected with the needs of music teaching. Students use digital tools to develop infographics, educational videos, interactive applications and augmented reality environments through lectures, workshops, group assignments and presentations.

The course explores music ensembles combining digital media with conventional and classroom instruments. Music software, augmented reality, motion tracking, haptic interfaces and artificial intelligence are used alongside ukuleles, recorders, ocarinas and boomwhackers. Workshops and group projects connect differentiated teaching, arranging and inclusion with music making in formal and informal learning environments.

The course approaches popular music through multimodal analysis, examining its production, distribution and consumption. Topics include mass culture, identities, social relationships, artistic personas, vocal expression, song structure and technology. By describing, analysing and interpreting songs, students develop analytical tools that can inform their future teaching in formal and informal learning environments.