Students Exploring Educational E-learning Technology of Podcasts on Fine Arts Instruction in Nigeria Universities

Abstract

The podcast is an e-learning technology which came into existence asresult of digital age, to dissimilates information but it has evolved tobecome as powerful media of instruction globally. Despite its usefulnessand relevance to the educational context, the awareness and utilise inaiding learning have not been established. Therefore, the study examinedthe effectiveness of Podcast and Lecture strategies on the undergraduatestudents of fine arts. The study also looked into how moderatingvariables of gender and attitude have the influence on fine arts whenPodcasts is used as an instructional strategy. Purposive SamplingTechnique was employed to select two study centres of University ofAdo Ekiti, Nigeria. 40 undergraduate from two intact classes to Podcastsand lecture instructional group. Podcast and Fine Arts Achievement Test(FAAT) were used as treatment while t-test statistics were used for dataanalysis. Findings indicated that undergraduate students taught fine artsusing podcast performed better and students exposed to Podcastslearning strategy had a positive attitude to fine arts. However, students'gender had no influence on their performance. Based on the findings, itwas recommended that fine arts lecturers should be encouraged to usePodcasts to improve students’ cognitive and affective earning outcomesof fine arts.