As most instruction has been forced online, biology instructors have become acutely aware of the many advantages and limitations of online teaching. Here, we investigate one possible advantage of online education: the ease of allowing remote guest speakers to interact with students in real time. In particular, we piloted a model in which guest speakers could facilitate direct music-related interactions with students, possibly benefiting students' content knowledge and sense of community. In the context of an undergraduate animal physiology course, face-to-face lessons on arterial blood gases and the renal system were supplemented with videoconferences with a guest speaker who presented relevant content-rich songs and led class discussions of the lyrics. Survey and test data suggested that, after each of the lessons, the students (i) had increased confidence in their understanding of the material, (ii) performed better on objective test questions, and (iii) attributed their learning chiefly to the musical intervention. While our approach awaits further exploration and testing, this report provides preliminary evidence of its feasibility and offers practical suggestions for others who may wish to give it a try.

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缩放室中的调音：通过电视会议讨论生理歌曲进行远程学习。

由于大多数教学已被迫在线上进行，生物学教学人员已经敏锐地意识到在线教学的许多优点和局限性。在这里，我们研究了在线教育的一项可能优势：允许远程来宾演讲者与学生实时互动的便捷性。特别是，我们试行了一个模型，在该模型中，演讲嘉宾可以促进与学生直接进行音乐相关的互动，从而可能有益于学生的内容知识和社区意识。在本科动物生理学课程的背景下，与电视会议为电视会议补充了关于动脉血气和肾脏系统的面对面课程，演讲者介绍了内容丰富的相关歌曲，并主持了有关歌词的课堂讨论。调查和测试数据表明，每节课之后，学生（i）对材料的理解有了增强的信心，（ii）在客观测试题上表现更好，并且（iii）他们的学习主要归功于音乐干预。在我们的方法有待进一步探索和测试的同时，本报告提供了其可行性的初步证据，并为其他希望尝试的人提供了实用建议。