I work for a distance learning College called College SA. It's like UNISA and Intec meaning that you study via the post. We offer a lot of different courses and most common accreditation is a certificate level course. Some of our courses are what we call provider based courses meaning that the qualification is not accredited by an Education body. However, the College has found that a lot of people tend to apply for these courses since students see it as adding knowledge to a hobby.
Taking that in mind, recently my co workers came to a show that my band played. A week later, they asked me if I was interested in creating a distance learning course for basic guitar playing. From a academic side, they stated that the requirements should be the following:
1. A syllabus with theory work
2. Assessments as to evaluate students performance
3. Any mode of interactivity between student and College
I have fulfilled these requirements with some creative thinking and it is definitely possible. The difference between this course and buying a book and/or dvd is that the College (although it is distance learning) will interact with students, making the support factor not a problem. Hence, students that do the guitar course will have a textbook, interactive DVD and learner support form the College.
Right; now that you have the background information, here is my question! Do you guys think this will work? I have asked quite a few people and guitarists about this and they seemed to like the idea. The course will focus on basic guitar playing i.e. strumming, major and minor notes, applying both the latter mentioned, etc. Students will have a DVD lesson (as in youtube videos) and their assessment will be to write songs and record them (still deciding on this). I will also include a few songs to practice with.
If you guys can just give me your opinion on this it would be much appreciated. Do you think this will work? And do you think a person who wants to learn guitar might do such a course?
PS - Alan, if this in the wrong thread area, sorry man!
Taking that in mind, recently my co workers came to a show that my band played. A week later, they asked me if I was interested in creating a distance learning course for basic guitar playing. From a academic side, they stated that the requirements should be the following:
1. A syllabus with theory work
2. Assessments as to evaluate students performance
3. Any mode of interactivity between student and College
I have fulfilled these requirements with some creative thinking and it is definitely possible. The difference between this course and buying a book and/or dvd is that the College (although it is distance learning) will interact with students, making the support factor not a problem. Hence, students that do the guitar course will have a textbook, interactive DVD and learner support form the College.
Right; now that you have the background information, here is my question! Do you guys think this will work? I have asked quite a few people and guitarists about this and they seemed to like the idea. The course will focus on basic guitar playing i.e. strumming, major and minor notes, applying both the latter mentioned, etc. Students will have a DVD lesson (as in youtube videos) and their assessment will be to write songs and record them (still deciding on this). I will also include a few songs to practice with.
If you guys can just give me your opinion on this it would be much appreciated. Do you think this will work? And do you think a person who wants to learn guitar might do such a course?
PS - Alan, if this in the wrong thread area, sorry man!