The paper investigated the dominance of e-learning and Information Communication Technology (ICT) in Nigerian music education. E-learning and ICT serve as a unifying term used to describe the fields of online learning, web based learning and technology delivered instruction where necessary. This unifying term entails the application of computers and various electronic devices in the study of music. It is an established fact that e-learning/ICT is increasingly becoming important by the day in Nigerian Universities. The study focused on four tertiary institutions in south east Nigeria namely University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka (UNIZIK), Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbeariam (COOU) and Alex Ekwueme University, Ikwo (AE-FUNAI). The study adopted a qualitative research using field and library methods with the questionnaires and interviews as primary instruments for data collection. The secondary sources of information entailed the use of the library where the results of the findings were analyzed. The analysis of the results shows that Poor finances, poor maintenance culture, erratic electric supply and lack of qualified personnels pose the major problems of e-learning/ICT in Nigerian music education while administrative efficiency, technological literacy, support for musicologists advancement in music education were discussed as future prospects of e-learning/ICT in Nigerian music pedagogy. Following from the above findings, the study concludes that the dominance of e-learning/ICT in the modern musicology is indisputable and strongly recommends that music education in Nigerian tertiary institutions be provided with special intervention funds.
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THE DOMINANCE OF E-LEARNING AND INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) IN NIGERIAN MUSIC EDUCATION: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS
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Onuora-Oguno, Nnamdi C.; Umeojiaka, David Sopuluchukwu
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Journal of African Studies and Sustainable Development
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