Creative Learning Design

Location: Shanghai, China
Credits: 4
Instructor: S. Alex Ruthmann

This hands-on course explores the design of engaging creative learning experiences using music, technology, and user-centered design. Students prototype digital learning tools for Chinese youth in collaboration with schools and cultural partners in Shanghai.

• Class discussions & presentations
• Group projects and readings
• Field trips and lab activities
• User testing with Shanghai partners
• Partnered design with local schools and organizations
• Showcase of projects with educators, technologists, and musicians

Play With Your Music – MusEDLab Apps & Projects / 玩转你的音乐 – MusEDLab 的应用与项目

• aQWERTYon – 一秒学会即兴弹奏
• GroovePizza – 节奏可视化的律动比萨
• Explore Mahler – 像交响乐团乐手那样感受马勒交响曲 (historical record; original tool offline)
• In Your Eyes – 一首歌背后的多音轨
• Variation Playground – 玩转古典音乐
• Play With Your Music – 免费线上课程

• 你想要在这些apps里听到什么样的音乐？ / What music would you like to see in these apps?
• 这些apps可以怎样更好地适用于中国的音乐教育环境？ / How might these be adapted for a Chinese context?
• 使用这些apps的过程中遇到了哪些障碍？ / What are some barriers to using these apps?
• 这些apps为老师、学生、家长创造了哪些新机会？ / What are some opportunities these apps enable?

SmartBomb Labs was a collaboration with Urban Arts Partnership where students and teachers co-designed solutions at the intersection of arts and technology.