THE PLACE OF E-LEARNINNG IN MUSIC PEDAGOGY: THE CASE FOR NIGERIAN HIGHER INSTITUTIONS

Onuora-Oguno Nnamdi, Umeojiaka David Sopuluchukwu

Abstract


The introduction of e-learning which is synonymous with information communication
technology (ICT) involving multimedia technologies and the internet in learning has been
observed as a means of improving accessibility and quality of delivery and learning among the
students and lecturers in Nigerian Universities in the 2st century. However, its positive and
negative effects on musicology have been debated among scholars hence the perspectives of
lecturers/students about e-learning in Nigerian music pedagogy has been investigated in this
study. The study investigated selected lecturers/students of four Universities in South East
Nigeria namely; University of Nigeria Nsukka, (UNN) in Enugu State. Nnamdi Azikiwe
University, Awka (UNIZIK), in Anambra State. Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University,
(COOU), Igbariam in Anambra State and Dr. Alex Ekwueme Federal University, (AE-FUNAI)
Ikwo in Eboyi State. The method of data collection entailed a survey study conducted by the
researchers, using structured questionnaires and unstructured questionnaires as the research
instruments. Qualitative design was used to analyze the data of the research. The result of the
study shows that the utilization of e-learning/ICT in Nigerian music pedagogy leads to improved
learning process and high academic achievement of musicologists. Therefore it was
recommended that the Universities studied and other tertiary institutions in other geographical
zones in Nigeria should provide e-learning facilities in their institutions and musicologists should
make proper use of them to make for an overall music academic improvement in the nation’s
institutions of higher learning.

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