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01/03/2024

Happy New Year from Connect for Education! We hope you enjoy the first C4E Blog post of 2024. Please don't forget to give us a like and comment.
https://connect4education.com/helpful-feedback-principles-from-an-unlikely-source/

Helpful Feedback Principles from an Unlikely Source Feedback is essential in the teaching and learning process. Teachers want students to take and act upon their feedback. And students, generally, want feedback that is helpful and actionable for future assignments or for revising and resubmitting pa...

12/11/2023

Please join us tomorrow, December 12th, at 3 pm ET for an encore of the C4E Studio Overview Webinar. To reserve your spot, please visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/7-reasons-to-engage-students-with-an-online-music-coach-tickets-750890502707

Join our virtual event on C4E Studio - designed to empower students with an online music mentor and cutting-edge low-latency technology

12/04/2023

Attention all Music Program affiliates! Connect for Education invites you to attend the C4E Studio Overview Webinar. C4E Studio is an advanced music learning platform for real-time, low latency, remote learning applications. Webinar sessions will take place on Dec. 6th & 12th. To learn more and to reserve a spot, please visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/7-reasons-to-engage-students-with-an-online-music-coach-tickets-750890502707

Join our virtual event on C4E Studio - designed to empower students with an online music mentor and cutting-edge low-latency technology

11/29/2023

Are you a or a seeking access to virtual instruction from professional music mentors utilizing state-of-the-art low-latency technology? Join our webinar on C4E Studio to learn more. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/c4e-studio-overview-webinar-tickets-750890502707

Join our virtual event on C4E Studio - designed to empower students with an online music mentor and cutting-edge low-latency technology

11/28/2023

Come check out Connect for Education's latest online platform C4E Studio K-12!

This is "C4E-Studio K-12" by Connect 4 Education on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

11/27/2023

We hope you all had a wonderful holiday and that you saved room for some food for thought provided by the newest installment of the C4E Blog: https://connect4education.com/is-patchwriting-plagiarism/

Is Patchwriting Plagiarism? Let’s start with a quiz. Don’t worry, it’s only one question, and you don’t need to know what patchwriting is. However, you should have a definition of plagiarism in mind before proceeding. Below is a quote and an example of a paraphrase provided by the Walden Uni...

11/09/2023

Denver, CO, we're here! Stop by Booth 302 at the Society for Music Theory and The American Musicological Society's 46th Annual Meeting.

11/09/2023

Join C4E at the Society for Music Theory's 46th Annual Meeting, held jointly with The American Musicological Society. We will be here all weekend at booth 302.

11/08/2023

Check out the Fall Edition of the C4E Newsletter! We have huge news to share about the release of our latest version of OnMusic Fundamentals.https://c4edu.com/newsletter1/Fall2023Newsletter.pdf

10/24/2023

What are microcredentials; do they provide tangible knowledge and experience? Join the discussion in the latest installment of the C4E Blog!
https://connect4education.com/meandering-through-the-microcredential-maze/

What is a microcredential? That word did not appear in any of the dictionaries I consulted, but perhaps it will in the near future due to the proliferation of microcredentials offered. Microcredentials, sometimes written with a hyphen (micro-credentials) or as two words (micro credentials), are all....

10/02/2023

Today in the C4E blog we have a follow-up on learning styles. Lets discuss! https://connect4education.com/about-those-learning-styles-a-follow-up/

“Do you think you can do that?” an unknown voice asked. I had just picked up a book from a display shelf in the library, and a gray-haired woman standing nearby was pointing at it. The book was Outsmart Your Brain by Daniel Willingham. I smiled at the woman and said, “I’m going to try.” We...

08/30/2023

Today in the C4E Blog we cover one of our favorite topics, Distance Learning! https://connect4education.com/will-the-real-distance-education-please-stand-up/

August 31 is World Distance Learning Day. September 15 is National Online Learning Day. Digital Learning Day usually is recognized in February, but it has been observed in March, too. In addition to distance, online, and digital, other words for technology-delivered education are remote, virtual, or...

08/21/2023

Explore OnAfrican American Music. The first digital African American music course text of its kind was developed by Connect for Education in conjunction with authors Dr. Audley Chambers, Dr. Stan Breckenridge, and Dr. Steven M. Allen. OnAfrican American Music highlights the musical and cultural contributions of African Americans. Course materials span from the 1600s to the present day and cover multiple genres of music. For more information, please visit https://connect4education.com/onafrican-american-music-interactive-preview/.

07/28/2023

Today in the C4E blog we discuss learning styles. Do we have dominant learning styles, or is it a matter of preference? We would love to hear your thoughts. https://connect4education.com/about-those-learning-styles/

You’ve heard of learning styles, right? People get categorized as having particular learning styles, such as visual, auditory, tactile, etc. Perhaps you’ve decided what your learning style is or have encouraged others to determine theirs. The number of proposed learning styles varies. I’ve see...

06/26/2023

In the latest installment to the C4E Blog, we discuss student use of ChatGPT and how to address it. Learn more: https://connect4education.com/teachers-how-will-you-address-student-use-of-chatgpt/

In the northern hemisphere, it’s now officially summer in terms of both the calendar and the school year. Those of you who are teachers often use the slower pace of summer to participate in professional development learning opportunities. Sometimes the purpose of professional development is to ups...

05/17/2023

Familiar with Grade Inflation? The C4E Blog has got you covered.

https://connect4education.com/lets-talk-about-grade-inflation/

In addition to rising tuition costs, inflation of a different kind is affecting education. Most of us likely know what economic inflation is. After all, it’s been dominating the news headlines for the past year or so and broadly affecting the costs of goods and services we’ve been purchasing. Bu...

05/15/2023

Connect for Education is seeking mentors/instructors to join our Applied Music program beginning in the Fall of 2023. Find out how you can become a part of the team: https://mentors.c4edu.com/

Let's Find Your Mentor! Mentor Search Mentors Mentors are artists and teachers with significant professional experience who are here to help you as your online coach. They may be college or university faculty or members of your community who teach privately. Our mentor pools provide affordable one-o...

05/08/2023

Connect for Education is proud to announce the launch of an online Applied Music course with one-on-one mentorships starting in the Fall of 2023. The program offers customizable training in Music Theory and Music History.

We're seeking music teachers to mentor students in the program. Mentors will have the flexibility to set their own schedules and working conditions. We'll provide the platform and guidance to help you reach students and help them reach their goals.

Learn more about the Applied Music Program, mentorship role, compensation, and application process at https://c4e-applied-music.s3.amazonaws.com/c4e_appliedmusic_mentor_recruitment.pdf. If you are interested in becoming a mentor, please fill out an application form at https://mentors.c4edu.com/application/ by May 31, 2023.

04/24/2023

Graduation season is approaching quickly! We have great tips for impending graduates on the C4E blog.
https://connect4education.com/whats-next-three-activities-for-every-graduate/

Graduation season is upon us. Although many colleges and universities hold graduations throughout the year, the majority of high school and higher education commencement ceremonies in the United States take place in the spring and early summer. Inevitably, all graduates will have at least one person...

04/17/2023

Is the study of Humanities fading away? Find out more in the latest installment of the C4E blog: https://connect4education.com/are-the-humanities-dying/

It seems a week does not go by without reading or hearing about Humanities departments and majors shrinking or being phased out entirely at colleges and universities. Does the decline in those academic programs mean that the humanities are dying, in crisis, or already dead as some have postulated? B...

04/13/2023

Find out what's happening at Connect for Education in the Spring Edition of the C4E newsletter:
https://www.c4edu.com/newsletter1/Spring2023Newsletter.pdf

03/20/2023

Learn more about the ethical utilization of ChatGPT in education in our latest post on the C4E Blog!
https://connect4education.com/teachers-are-you-using-chatgpt-ethically/

Teachers: Are you using ChatGPT ethically? In a previous article, I suggested how teachers could discourage students from using AI tools, such as ChatGPT, to do their schoolwork for them. Many educators think that the use of such tools constitutes cheating because students are not doing their work.....

03/06/2023

02/27/2023

https://connect4education.com/institutional-services/

Your courses should match how you teach – not the other way around. We know that for your courses, you have a unique approach and a unique student body. That’s why we work with you to develop courses that fit your needs.

02/15/2023

Discover OnAfrican American Music! https://connect4education.com/onafrican-american-music-interactive-preview/

Access a free trial of any of our courses today and see why hundreds of colleges use OnMusic A Journey of Discovery OnAfrican American Music’s insightful content illuminates the music and cultural connections of Black music from the 1600s to the present, embodied in its multiple genres, both secul...

02/14/2023

Happy Valentines Day from Connect For Education!

02/09/2023

Interesting new read on the C4E Blog! https://connect4education.com/grade-or-ungrade/

02/06/2023

Calling all music instructors! Connect for Education is currently accepting requests to review our OnMusic course texts. Visit https://portal.c4edu.org/ to get your access today.

01/30/2023

Help spread the word about C4E course texts!

  Instructor Referral Program   Connect for Education invites you to tell your colleagues about your experience with our webtexts, and help facilitate conversations about successfully using our titles for teaching online or face-to-face. Allow us to tell you how the program works: If you make an i...