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Recommended Citation: Mahabir, N, J D E Thomas, and R Ramasmmoj. A Virtual Classroom to Teach Hindustani Music. In The Proceedings of the Information Systems Education Conference 2000, v 17 (Philadelphia): §916.

A Virtual Classroom to Teach Hindustani Music

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Navendranauth Mahabir    [a1] [a2]
School of Computer Science and Information Systems
Pace University    [u1] [u2]
New York, New York, USA    [c1] [c2]

Jennifer D.E. Thomas    [a1] [a2]
School of Computer Science and Information Systems
Pace University    [u1] [u2]
New York, New York, USA    [c1] [c2]

Ravi Ramasmmoj [a1] [a2]
South Ozone Park, New York, USA [c1] [c2]

The East Indian Music Academy's Elementary Hindi course is designed to teach students the fundamental terminology used in classical Indian music. In addition, students learn how to pronounce music notes and sing Hindi songs. To determine the effectiveness of an online Elementary Hindi course, a small research project was devised and conducted. Eighteen students participated in this study for two weeks. Nine students took the course online and nine students took the course offline. Every student took a written test before starting the course. All students took four written exams during the course to determine their mastery of the theoretical material. Students were required to learn to sing any two of five classical Indian songs in Hindi. The instructor tested the students' practical knowledge by having all students sing the songs to him either in person or over the telephone. The results indicated that online students outperformed offline students on both the written and oral test measures, but there were shortcomings in the methodology.

Keywords: virtual classroom, virtual teaching, distance learning, multimedia

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