A Virtual Collaborative Learning Environment

Abstract

This paper presents a virtual learning environment developed for music education and includes both individual and collaborative interactive environments. This learning environment is a music composition edutainment software, which is being developed in collaboration between the University of São Paulo, Laboratório de Sistemas Integráveis (LSI) da Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo (USP) and the São Paulo State Orchestra, Coordenadoria de Programas Educacionais da Orquestra Sinfónica do Estado de São Paulo (OSESP). Recent research in music education as well as new computer and telecommunication technologies are being applied in arder to offer creative virtual learning environments to the students and offer pedagogical toais to the teachers.