‘Face-to-Face vs. Distance Learning’: analysis of the training of musicians during Covid-19

Abstract

[EN] The Covid-19 pandemic has significantly accelerated the introduction and expansion of forms of distance learning around the world. However, there are still some areas of learning that require direct interaction between the teacher and the student – like «face to face». Teaching of music (solo and choral singing, playing musical instruments) requires constant personal control of the teacher during the lesson. The main purpose of this article is to analyze the quality of distance and mixed learning for students of musical specialties at three humanitarian universities of Russia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. Students answered to 32 questions of an online questionnaire on the using of various digital technologies in the process of distance learning during the pandemic. The authors come to the conclusion that the most promising is the mixed model of music education, in which digital technologies serve as an additional means for the development of professional skills.