When learning a classical instrument, people often either take lessons in which an existing body of “technique” is delivered, evolved over generations of performers, or in some cases people will “teach themselves” by watching people play and listening to existing recordings. What does one do with a complex new digital instrument? In this paper I address this question drawing on my experience in...

This position paper likes to stress the role and importance of performance based education in NIME like subjects. It describes the ‘klankontwerp’ learning line at the ‘school of the arts Utrecht’ in its department Music Technology. Our educational system also reflects the way that we could treat performance in the NIME community as a whole. The importance of performing with our instruments othe...

This paper addresses the problem that most electrophones and computer-based musical instruments are ephemera lasting long enough to signal academic and technical prowess. They rarely are used more than in a few musical performances. We offer a case study that suggests that longevity of use depends on stabilizing the interface and innovating the implementation to maintain the required stability ...

This paper presents the approaches and expectations of a recently launched course at New York University (NYU) in the design and development of musical controllers. The framework for the course, which is also entitled “New Interfaces for Musical Expression,” is largely based on the proceedings of the first NIME workshop held in Seattle, WA in April 2001.

With more recognition being given to the diverse and changing demographics in education, there is a need understand how well computer science education meeting needs of all learners as it starts infiltrate K-12 schools. The CAPE framework newer model for assessing equitable delivery can be used school’s capacity offer (CS) student access CS participation CS, experiences students taking CS. Sinc...

the main purpose of this survey was to identify and analyze of impacts of watershed plans implement in rural areas of zanjan province. the kind of research method of the study was descriptive-correlation research. the statistical population of the study consisted of all the heads of household in khomarak village (n= 170). according to morgan& krejcie table, 115 persons of them were selected by ...

In this paper we examine questions of how the unintended impacts of information and communications technology can be examined in order to anticipate and safeguard against negative consequences. Using the domain of the eGovernment impacts on marginalized members of the community, we examine the theoretical basis of the sociotechnical interaction network (STIN) approach and its applicability to i...