746: Nicholas Walker on benefits of remote teaching

<p class="p1"><a href= "https://faculty.ithaca.edu/nwalker/">Nicholas Walker</a> faced a vastly different school environment upon returning from his sabbatical from <a href= "https://faculty.ithaca.edu/nwalker/">Ithaca College</a> this fall, and he has found several innovative ways to use online teaching to enhance the way he is working with his students.</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1">We chat about the four pedagogical components of his approach (fundamentals, performance, deliberate practice, and lessons), how his weekly program runs, how he uses pre-recorded videos to enhance the teaching experience, thinking of lessons as meetings, and much more. </p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1">Enjoy, and be sure to check out Nicholas on <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/user/nicholaswalkermusic">YouTube</a> as well as a <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGBUo14U2_w">video presentation</a> of the ideas we discussed in this podcast!</p> <p class="p3"> </p> <p class="p4"><span class="s1"><a href= "http://contrabassconversations.com/app"><em>Listen to Contrabass Conversations with our free app for iOS, Android, and Kindle!</em></a></span><span class= "s2"><br /></span></p> <p class="p5"><span class="s1">Check out my <a href= "https://courses.discoverdoublebass.com/p/beginners-classical-bass"> Beginner's Classical Bass course</a>, available exclusively from <a href="https://discoverdoublebass.com/jasonheath">Discover Double Bass</a>!</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1"><a href= "http://smarturl.it/cbcpodcast?ck_subscriber_id=90309136"><em>Subscribe to the podcast</em></a></span><em> to get these interviews delivered to you automatically!</em></p> <p class="p5"><span class="s1"><strong>Thank you to our sponsors!</strong></span></p> <p class="p3"> </p> <p class="p5"><span class="s1"><a href= "https://new.steinberg.net/dorico/"><strong>Dorico</strong></a> - Dorico helps you to write music notation, automatically producing printed results of exceptional quality — and plays it back with breathtaking realism