Has Mobile Learning (M-Learning) taken over music pedagogy?

Abstract

The emergence of Mobile Learning (M-Learning) in education,
that is, learning via digital or technological interface, has
completely transformed the nature of teaching and learning
music. Students can now access virtually anything in music via a
digital interface. Although this is a positive development in
education but the monopolization of music education by digital
gadgets is worrisome. Most music students now prefer to go
online for their studies instead of attending lectures. They believe
that those digital platforms are more advanced than the lecturers
assigned to teach the courses. However, most of the lessons
sourced online are fraught with some inadequacies and
unacceptable principles. The research studied undergraduate
students of the Department of music, Nnamdi Azikiwe University,
Awka and found out that certain features of a normal human
teacher-learner interaction such as, lesson and curricular
planning, motivation, conditioning, sequencing, and feedback are
missing in the so called mobile learning. The paper suggests the
need for moderation in accessing Mobile learning amongst
students and for music lecturers to rise to the challenge by
making their lessons fulfilling for the students.