Directions in sound/image synthesis : study of bi-modality within emerging multimedia practice

In recent years, due to the high level of technological standardization of the home computer, entertainment systems and high-speed web paraphernalia, our access to, desire for, and perspectives on various technological elements have been taken for granted. We have become acclimatized to the latest super-product promotion, web surfing, or interaction with the latest object-oriented programming software. Although audio often enhances graphical user interfaces (GUIs) to deliver feedback to users, interfaces in which sound is the principal element, or even shares a parallel domain, are atypical. Nonetheless, this practice is emerging as a viable junction within new technologies and digital media, encouraged by the ongoing development of mobile and all-pervading computing. Within emerging multimedia practice, spatial objects (visuals) require essentially to be structured in a two-dimensional space, whereas temporal objects (sound) require a sequential array. The goal of this dissertation is to develop a broader understanding of these two key elements, while providing designers and educators with useful information that is appropriate to familiar design discourse.* *This dissertation is a compound document (contains both a paper copy and a DVD as part of the dissertation). The DVD requires the following system requirements: Windows MediaPlayer or RealPlayer

Guidelines for the instructional design of technological and cooperative applications in a music program

The basis of this thesis is to assist in the development of instructional strategies using cooperative and technological learning tools. An experiment comparing supported self-study in computer-based instruction versus cooperative learning groups was used as the basis of the instructional design system. The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness and/or the efficiency of two teaching strategies in the field of Theory and Aural Training. One approach uses a cooperative strategy where students work in small groups on their Theory and Ear-Training skills using a piano as sound source. The other approach uses a self-regulating tutorial strategy where students use a computer equipped with a Theory and Ear-Training software (Practica Musica) and receive randomly generated and/or pre-defined Theory and Ear-Training material (i.e. intervals, rhythm, pitch matching, identify scales, name chords, etc ...) along with immediate response to their input

Métamorphoses d’une utopie

Au moment où s’estompent au Canada la notion des « peuples fondateurs » et aux États-Unis celle de « melting pot » travaillées parfois jusqu’à l’érosion par les progrès civiques, il nous est paru urgent de penser les configurations identitaires à venir. Le multiculturalisme, l’interculture, le métissage, le « salad bowl », la transculture apparaissent alors comme autant de métamorphoses de l’utopie originelle : celle que les colons européens ont cherché à fonder en la déniant parfois aux peuples autochtones. Ainsi se pose à nouveau, au-delà des inévitables tentations communautaires, le rapport au politique, à la culture et enfin à l’État