Online Learning in Music: Foundations, Frameworks, and Practices offers fresh insights into the growth of online learning in music, perspectives on theoretical models for design and development of online courses, principles for good practice in online education, and an agenda for future research. Author Judith Bowman provides a complete overview of online education in music, including guidelines and accreditation standards for online instruction as well as a look at current research on online learning in music. She also explores several theoretical models for online course design, development, and implementation, before presenting a creative approach to online course design, both for fully online and also for blended courses. As a whole, the book challenges stereotypical views of professors as "sage on the stage" or "guide on the side," characterizing the online professor instead as Director of Learning. Necessary reading for all who work in online learning in music, it also suggests important ways both to prevent problems and also to resolve those that do arise. "With this book, Bowman provides a significant service to the field, eloquently presenting a research-based assessment regarding the efficacy of online music learning, pedagogical frameworks for its application, and numerous promising practices represented in the instructional approaches of exemplary, long-term practitioners. It is a must-have for anyone planning to teach a hybrid or fully online course or for those university faculty members and administrators who are considering the possibility of offering fully online music degree programs." --Scott D. Lipscomb, University of Minnesota School of Music "Judith Bowman, pioneer of music distance learning and preeminent scholar of music education technology, is a long-standing role model for those who teach music through technology. Bowman's immaculate scholarship and in-the-trenches expertise represented in Online Learning in Music: Foundations, Frameworks, and Practices will launch the next generation of distance music educators. Bon voyage!" --Kim Walls, Auburn University "An invaluable resource for research and pedagogy alike. Bowman's thorough, detail-oriented text will provide guidance in online music learning well into the future." --Sara Hagen, Ph.D., Valley City State University, Valley City, North Dakota New insights into student perception of an online professor as a "real teacher" Judith Bowman is Professor of Music Education and Music Technology at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where she teaches online courses in music education and music technology.