SPC Courses
taught in

Fall 2023

Dan Hetzel

• MUM 1001 Apple Mac Foundations

• MUM 1629 Audio Mixing Techniques

• MUM 2600 DAW Digital Audio Workstations

• MUM 2602 Collaborative Audio Recording

• MUM 2602L Recording Lab

Identifying and Addressing
Instructional
Challenges

Identifying Challenges

Student Skill Pre-Requisites

• Student skill levels were over-estimated, and not quickly assessed with early formative assessments.

Skill-Building Activities

To address this challenge, I built in a set of hands-on skill-building activities and interactive review and assessment slides to help the students develop the necessary skills.

These were delivered in parallel with the course instruction, to advance through the material, and help those struggling.

Addressing Challenges

How the
Adjustment Worked:

Self-Reflection -

Perfectly!

The strategy fooled students into learning
yet again!! Muhahaha!!!

SPC Courses
taught in

Spring 2024

Dan Hetzel

• MUM 1001 Apple Mac Foundations

• MUM 1629 Audio Mixing Techniques

• MUM 2600 DAW Digital Audio Workstations

• MUM 2602 Collaborative Audio Recording

• MUM 2602L Recording Lab

• MUM 2603 Advanced Music Production

• MUM 2670 Pro Tools Certification

What things would I
have done differently?

What things would I
have done differently?

I'd go back and finish high school - that seems super important for a job like this!

What things would I have done
differently?

More Formative
Assessments

I would have implemented

more frequent, low-stakes

formative assessments to

gauge student

understanding earlier on and

make adjustments to my

instruction as needed.

Clearer Timeline

I would have provided a more

detailed and transparent

timeline for the course,

outlining key deadlines and

expectations upfront to help

students stay on track.

Increased Collaboration

more opportunities for

peer-to-peer collaboration

and group work to foster a

sense of community and

shared learning.

I would have incorporated

Plans for Summer & Fall 2024

Things I would like to work on in MyCourses before the beginning of Fall 2024:

• More interactive slides, acting as formative assessments, with built-in "Keep-em-Awake" short questions, tag clouds, write-in answers, and drawing activities.

• More "self-service" videos and review sheets, FAQs and more advanced multi-step processes broken down.

• Sharing! A library of content shared with other instructors in the same chain of classes.

Classroom Solutions:
Interactive Slides

1

Quizizz

Quizizz is a suitable classroom solution

that allows for interactive and engaging

assessments.

2

Nearpod

Nearpod is another viable option that

provides interactive lessons and

presentations for the classroom.

3

Kahoot

Kahoot is a game-based learning

platform that can be used to create fun

and competitive quizzes.

4

Other

There may be other alternative solutions

available that could also be suitable for

the classroom.

Adjusting Instruction

SMART Goals

Set more SMART

goals for myself

and students to

provide clear

direction and

measurable

progress.

Improve Clarity

Enhance the clarity

of course materials

and instructions to

better support

student

understanding.

Interactive Slides

Move towards

creating clear,

reviewable

interactive slides

with engaging and

informative

content.

Skill Progress

Implement skill

progress reports to

help students track

their development

throughout the

course.

FAIR: treating people in a way that does not favor some over others