Can iPad apps help facilitate online learning? Naomi McGrath, Educational Development and Communications Officer at the UNE Business School, University of New England, answers this question with a reviews of four apps. It is her hope that using by incorporating mobile apps in the classroom, instructors can improve enable communication to external students. These specific apps have either been used as a “gadget” to help provide support when teaching, assist with ease of access, or used within an LMS to collaborate information and share with other open source software available online.
Online teaching and learning are not new, nor are they new to tertiary music education. While an "anytime, anywhere" attitude and flexible study suits some learners, for others this is a contributing factor to student anxiety and attrition. This article explores the relationship between student anxiety in online learning and universal design for learning (UDL), and how UDL principles can be applied to reduce anxieties about musical performance in an online class. It explores common barriers for students in the online environment and offers strategies for sustainable learning design in a way to accommodate students before, during, and after unit completion. As well as designing with UDL, this study includes approaches to modeling accessible learning activities in order to provide students with the support they need to perform in an online space, meet learning objectives, and reduce attrition.
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