Technology Diffusion in Higher Education Music Programs: A Pilot Study
Barbara Payne McLain, University of Hawaii-Manoa
In his introductory essay on the College Music Society (CMS) website, Douglass Seaton,
former CMS president, provided a strong warning...
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Technology Diffusion in Higher Education Music Programs: A Pilot Study
Barbara Payne McLain, University of Hawaii-Manoa
In his introductory essay on the College Music Society (CMS) website, Douglass Seaton,
former CMS president, provided a strong warning about the increasing rate of societal changes and
their potential impact on higher education music programs.
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His predictions that “our
environment would become increasingly electronic, knowledge would continue to explode,
cultural diversity will increase, and change itself will continue to accelerate,” provide an incentive
for higher education music programs to proactively examine their status and begin planning for a
technologically advanced future.
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Technology is re-shaping our society on a daily basis.
The accelerating pace of societal changes as a result of technological advances is staggering.
As Moore’s Law predicted in 1965, computer capabilities are doubling and their costs halved
every eighteen months.
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