Music education in an era of the digital transformation

Korea National University of Education, Chungbuk, South Korea

^* Corresponding author: sumikwon@knue.ac.kr

Abstract

With the advent of the Fourth Industrial Revolution era, it is anticipated that profound changes will occur not only in the demographics, politics, economy, and science and technology of global society but also in all fields, including values and ideologies. Over the past three years, as the world has experienced the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been rapidly transitioning into a digital society. Consequently, based on the experiences of the past three years, it is necessary to examine the impact of this transition to a digital society on music and music education, which are often perceived as the most analogous among human artistic activities. To achieve this, this study aims to investigate the advantages and limitations of conducting music education in a digital learning environment, the technological constraints, the utilization of instructional media and teaching strategies to overcome these limitations, and the challenges that future music education will face.