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OnMusic of the World

We are very pleased to announce the first full semester of successful adoptions of OnMusic of the World. This new adition to our catalogue takes students on an exciting, interactive journey through the musical cultures of the world. We are sending out review copies and would love to hear from you. Please contact Maria Paz at maria@connect4education.com if you wish to receive a course review package.

OnMusic of the World chapter list includes:

  • Exploring the Landscape of African Music
  • Caribbean Counterpoint: Folk, Ritual, and Dance Hall Music in a New Mode
  • Country Music Traditions in America: American Twang
  • Jazz in America: The Sounds of Freedom
  • Turn the Beat Around: Popular Music in the United States
  • Music of South Asia: Indian Classical Music
  • Latin America: A Musical Panorama
  • Music in Native North America: Traditional and Intertribal Styles
  • Dance with the Spirits: Korean Music

OnMusic of the World was unveiled last Fall at the 52nd Annual Conference of the Society for Ethnomusicology, which took place from October 25-28, 2007. Learn more...

The ISBN number is 978-0-9779276-3-0.

Please contact Maria Paz at maria@connect4education.com for more information.

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OnMusic Appreciation 2nd Edition

OnMusic Appreciation 2nd Edition follows the great success of the original version of the course which enrolls around 20,000 students worldwide each year. Here are just a few of the new and exciting features:

  • Highly interactive and instructive listening guides throughout
  • Interactive period maps with composer profiles
  • Listening points for self-assessments
  • "Meet the Composer" windows offering key facts and representative music examples
  • MP3 music files for greater playback flexibility
  • An impressive and extensive music list.

The ISBN Number for the 2nd Edition is: 007 721271-1.

Please contact your McGraw-Hill sales representative or Connect For Education Inc. directly for review copies of this course.

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USDLA awards Connect For Education, Inc. Best Practices in Programming Award in Online Higher Education in 2008.

The United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) has presented Connect For Education, Inc. with its 2008 Best Practices in Programming Award for OnMusic of the World. CFE has been previously honored with USDLA Awards in this category for OnMusic Fundamentals (2005) and OnMusic Appreciation (2006).

Awards for Best Practice in Distance Learning Programming are presented to outstanding organizations that have designed and delivered outstanding and comprehensive Best Practices for individual programs or a series of programs through online, videoconferencing, and satellite delivery technologies.

The USDLA Awards are created to acknowledge major accomplishments in distance learning and to highlight instructors, programs, and professionals who have demonstrated extraordinary achievements.

About USDLA

It is the nation’s premier distance learning association since 1987. It was founded on the premise of creating a powerful alliance to meet the burgeoning education and training needs of learning communities via new concepts of the fusion of communication technologies with learning in broad multidiscipline applications. Addresses the preK-12, higher education, continuing education, corporate, military and government training, home schooling and telemedicine learning communities. For more information, please go to: www.usdla.org.

About Connect For Education, Inc.

Since its incorporation in 2001, Connect For Education, Inc. has been developing nationally recognized, accredited interactive web-based courses in music that fulfill the General Education requirement for the humanities at the higher education level. By combining the latest multimedia and Internet technologies, Connect For Education, Inc. is the first company to deliver interactive, multimedia intensive online music courses on a cost effective basis to users regardless of location or Internet connection speed. We invite you to explore the rest of our website for more information.

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