COVID 19 Lockdown: Learners’ Perspectives on Online Music Education

Abstract

In response to the present pandemic environment created by COVID 19, there have been significant modifications in various elements of music instruction. All courses, not only those involving group work or theoretical concepts, will be affected by these shifts in the way they are taught and taken. In this day and age, remote emergency teaching and learning calls for cross-collaboration between the teams responsible for the material, the technology, and the training. In this study, we investigate the students' perspectives on online education, and we also give suggestions for making the format more effective and time-saving. The researchers made the decision to carry out their study with the aim of gathering input from undergraduate and master's degree music students after taking part in a university semester that took place in a lockdown setting. An important result of this research was the impact that perceived utility of e-learning methods had in modulating the correlations between compatibility of online approaches and enjoyment of using e-learning methods. A higher perceived utility, which in turn predicted a higher degree of satisfaction with e-Learning techniques, was influenced by the belief that e-Learning strategies are compatible with online music instruction. In spite of the fact that this time heightened apprehensions about social connection, anxiety connected to the unknown, and intolerance of ambiguity, none of these factors predicted levels of contentment in relation to the utilization of e-learning platforms. In conclusion, more educational efforts that support the use of distance learning strategies in the discipline of music education are required. Due to the lack of comparable study carried out in our nation, we came to the conclusion that more investigation into this subject is required.