Exploring E-Learning Techniques: Music Education in Nigeria and the Prospects for African Music

Abstract

This study examined a twenty-first-century innovation called electronic learning (elearning) and its relevance in Music as a course of study in Nigerian university education. It highlights the prospects and possible challenges to the application of computer technology to African musicological systems toward a transformative scholarship in Nigerian university education. The article explains that the study of music learning has become sophisticated through the use of the internet and other electronic media the world over, with a vast domain of coverage that is dynamic and constantly evolving, therefore, teachers in African music should introduce learners to this new world and guide them through the transformative experiences provided by the e-Learning resources in the field of music. A philosophical approach is adopted using the normative-survey research method, with the ideas endorsed by relevant examples. It is believed that both graduates and undergraduates of music from Nigerian universities stand a better chance of human development through the application of the innovative medium of e-learning.