A paradigm shift in online learning impacted the United States and the world due to COVID-19 (Li & Lalani, 2020). This shift rapidly thrust community college instrumental ensemble faculty, ensemble directors, and performance ensemble directors into an online learning environment. This unprecedented transition from Face-to-Face (F2F) to online classrooms necessitated a heavy reliance on technology to engage remote learners. This basic interpretive study aimed to better understand their experiences pivoting to remote instruction during the pandemic years of 2020 to 2021. Hence, this study explored community college performance faculty's challenges and opportunities during COVID-19. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews with seven participants from five Southern California community colleges based on the following criteria: (a) instrumental ensemble faculty, (b) taught online during the pandemic, and (c) director of bands, conductors of wind ensemble/concert band/jazz band, or music directors of the orchestra. The findings from this study reflected ensemble performance faculty experiences and attitudes toward the emergency transition as challenging and filled with angst-ridden uncertainty. This study examined how instrumental ensemble faculty overcame their concerns about using various tools and technology to engage remote learners during the pandemic. The conceptual framework used to analyze the data was the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) and Kolb's (1984) Experiential Learning Model (ELM). Within the framework, UTAUT helped identify four core constructs to explain how participants adopted various technologies and online teaching methods into their practice, while ELM helped identify how participants addressed concerns about using technology.

Authors:
Faith Vietti, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, United States
Michael P. Menchaca, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, United States

About the Presenter(s)
Ms. Faith Vietti is a doctoral student at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in the United States. Her research focuses on technology and remote learning, with a particular emphasis on instrumental ensemble performance and the use of digital tools.

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