AWARENESS AND UTILIZATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN TEACHING OF MUSIC EDUCATION AMONG MUSIC LECTURERS IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN NIGERIA

Abstract

It is no more news that technology has made the entire teaching and learning process easier and music education is not left out. One of such technological advancement is Artificial Intelligence (AI). Unfortunately, this advancement in technology which is common in developed countries cannot be said to be the same in underdeveloped or developing countries like Nigeria. Hence, this paper sought to investigate the level of awareness and utilization of artificial intelligence in teaching of music education among lecturers in tertiary institutions in Nigeria. The study adopted the descriptive survey design. The population of the study consisted of 326 music education lecturers of Federal Universities in Nigeria. The sample size for the study was 34 music education lecturers from six (6) Federal Universities in the six south-south states in Nigeria drawn using Multi-stage sampling procedure. An instrument named “AI Awareness and Utilization Questionnaire” (AI-AUQ) was used in the study. Factor analysis was used to validate the instrument while Cronbach Alpha was used in determining a reliability index of 0.84 for AI-AUQ. Administration of the instrument was done face to face with the help of three trained field assistants. Data collected were analyzed using item by item analysis, one-sample t-test and independent t-test. Findings revealed that there were significant awareness (p=0.03<0.05) of AI music applications among lecturers. Also, there was no significant level of utilization of AI application by lecturers (P=0.20>0.05). Finally, there was significant differences in the awareness level of male and female lecturers (P=0.001<0.05) as male lecturers were more aware of music related AI than females. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that more orientation should be given to lecturers as well as more exposures on AI.