Carol Johnson

Carol Johnson (PhD) is a Senior Lecturer in Music (Online Learning and Educational Technology) at the University of Melbourne in the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music. Her research focuses on online music pedagogy, teaching and learning online, and the development of teaching capacity for online faculty. Carol mentors online music faculty using research-informed practices and apprenticeship. She has taught music in the online environment since 2004 and was a founding director of The Virtual School of Music. Carol also has an extensive background in online teaching and learning at the K-20 levels. Her diverse background includes teaching in Canada, US, and Latin America in the disciplines of pedagogy, educational technology, music technology and performance, and online music pedagogy.

Publications

Enhancing Instructor Capacity Through the Redesign of Online Practicum Course Environments Using Universal Design for Learning
Enhancing Instructor Capacity Through the Redesign of Online Practicum Course Environments Using Universal Design for Learning
Jennifer Lock, Carol Johnson, Noha Altowairiki, Amy Burns, Laurie Hill, Christopher P. Ostrowski. © 2023. 21 pages.
A current trend in practicum or field experience programs is online and blended learning approaches being implemented alongside traditional classroom experiences. Principles of...
Sharing Our Narratives on Developing Our Practice in Online Music Pedagogy
Sharing Our Narratives on Developing Our Practice in Online Music Pedagogy
Carol Johnson, Virginia Christy Lamothe, Flávia Motoyama Narita, Imogen N. Clark, Joseph E. Mulholland, Nicholaus Meyers. © 2022. 19 pages.
This chapter begins with an introduction focused on the importance of instructor's reflection on his/her teaching practices and pedagogy through the theoretical lens of...
Playing Together: Designing Online Music Courses Using a Social Constructivist Framework
Playing Together: Designing Online Music Courses Using a Social Constructivist Framework
Jennifer Lock, Carol Johnson. © 2022. 19 pages.
Music education, like many disciplines, is transitioning to the online environment, which impacts the learning landscape. This transition, along with a mindshift by instructors...
Developing Teaching Presence in Online Learning Through Shared Stakeholder Responsibility
Developing Teaching Presence in Online Learning Through Shared Stakeholder Responsibility
Carol Johnson, Noha Altowairiki. © 2021. 27 pages.
Transitioning from a face-to-face teaching environment to online teaching requires a shift in paradigm by stakeholders involved (i.e., instructors and students). This chapter...
Creating Authentic Assessments for Online Music Courses: Mapping a Learning Task
Creating Authentic Assessments for Online Music Courses: Mapping a Learning Task
Carol Johnson, Virginia Christy Lamothe. © 2021. 23 pages.
The need for identifying authentic assessments, or learning tasks, in online music courses is becoming integral as the rate of online music course offerings has been...
Enhancing Instructor Capacity Through the Redesign of Online Practicum Course Environments Using Universal Design for Learning
Enhancing Instructor Capacity Through the Redesign of Online Practicum Course Environments Using Universal Design for Learning
Jennifer Lock, Carol Johnson, Noha Altowairiki, Amy Burns, Laurie Hill, Christopher P. Ostrowski. © 2019. 20 pages.
A current trend in practicum or field experience programs is online and blended learning approaches being implemented alongside traditional classroom experiences. Principles of...
Pedagogy Development for Teaching Online Music
Pedagogy Development for Teaching Online Music
Carol Johnson, Virginia Christy Lamothe. © 2018. 368 pages.
With the shift towards online education, teaching and learning music has evolved to incorporate online environments. However, many music instructors, faculty, and institutions...
Preparing for Change: Getting Ready for Offering Online Music Courses
Preparing for Change: Getting Ready for Offering Online Music Courses
Carol Johnson. © 2018. 19 pages.
Transforming music education for twenty-first century learning involves more than offering online courses within School of Music programs. Teaching and learning music online...
Playing Together: Designing Online Music Courses Using a Social Constructivist Framework
Playing Together: Designing Online Music Courses Using a Social Constructivist Framework
Jennifer Lock, Carol Johnson. © 2018. 19 pages.
Music education, like many disciplines, is transitioning to the online environment, which impacts the learning landscape. This transition, along with a mindshift by instructors...
Sharing Our Narratives on Developing Our Practice in Online Music Pedagogy
Sharing Our Narratives on Developing Our Practice in Online Music Pedagogy
Carol Johnson, Virginia Christy Lamothe, Flávia Motoyama Narita, Imogen N. Clark, Joseph E. Mulholland, Nicholaus Meyers. © 2018. 19 pages.
This chapter begins with an introduction focused on the importance of instructor's reflection on his/her teaching practices and pedagogy through the theoretical lens of...
Creating Authentic Assessments for Online Music Courses: Mapping a Learning Task
Creating Authentic Assessments for Online Music Courses: Mapping a Learning Task
Carol Johnson, Virginia Christy Lamothe. © 2018. 23 pages.
The need for identifying authentic assessments, or learning tasks, in online music courses is becoming integral as the rate of online music course offerings has been...
Developing Teaching Presence in Online Learning Through Shared Stakeholder Responsibility
Developing Teaching Presence in Online Learning Through Shared Stakeholder Responsibility
Carol Johnson, Noha Altowairiki. © 2017. 27 pages.
Transitioning from a face-to-face teaching environment to online teaching requires a shift in paradigm by stakeholders involved (i.e., instructors and students). This chapter...
A Journey Through the Development of Online Environments: Putting UDL Theory into Practice
A Journey Through the Development of Online Environments: Putting UDL Theory into Practice
Christopher P. Ostrowski, Jennifer Lock, S. Laurie Hill, Luciano da Rosa dos Santos, Noha F. Altowairiki, Carol Johnson. © 2017. 18 pages.
As higher education institutions move toward offering more online courses, they need to carefully consider how the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) should be...