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Vol. 08, Special Issue 03, (IC-IITP-2023) January 2023 IMPACT FACTOR: 8.20 (INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL) 85 DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY'S POST-PANDEMIC EFFECTS ON DANCE EDUCATION
Dr. Pooja Vijayan
Abstract - This article contributes in understanding that how the use of technology has permeated every part of our life in the modern day, including the subject of dance education. It is a tool that facilitates the speedy and effective completion of challenging jobs.
This research investigates the potential uses of Internet technology in the areas of higher education and professional e-Learning for the subject topic of "Choreography and Dance." This work intends to establish the qualities that the ideal online training program instils and to ascertain how students studying "Choreography and Dance''' view the influence of online education post-pandemic on the acquisition of subject-specific competences.
According to the study, online dance instruction is a promising route, but its quality control system has to be strengthened. The construction of a Master of Performing Arts competency system is the study's primary output (Dance education). The system proves how important and timely it is to apply a competence-based approach when creating educational programs.
This study's objective is to provide the research findings in an analytical and critical manner with a focus on how technology may be used to improve movement education, particularly dance instruction. Although modern electronic media are very inventive and advanced. They have not yet been incorporated into the daily practices of teaching and learning in the classroom, according to the main research conclusion. The researchers' interest in the cognitive components of a technologically aided teaching and the design of multimedia is a requirement for the accomplishment of this objective.
Keywords: Post-pandemic, virtual, dance, teaching, tools, technology, multimedia.
1 METHODOLOGY
• Primary sources: interacting and interviewing with performing arts app owners, watching live online class sessions etc.
• Secondary sources: Internet articles, performing arts app websites, artist interviews from dance websites, online books on information technology, previous research papers etc.,
2 INTRODUCTION
Technology has permeated every part of our life in the modern day, including the subject of dance education. It is a tool that facilitates the speedy and effective completion of challenging jobs. For the longest time, traditional face-to-face instruction has been a successful technique of teaching and learning. Until the CoVid-19 epidemic, which prevented everyone from attending the conventional in-person classes, the system's effectiveness and outcomes were evident and satisfactory. That instance demonstrated that technology may be adequate and produce comparable, if not superior, results for the educational process. Clearly, technology has a wide range of effects on schooling.
Due to technology platforms that quickly and broadly interpret test results, grading is also a breeze. Using the status reports that many applications provide, teachers may see each student's development. These assessments also highlight growth areas, allowing teachers to identify learning issues earlier in the academic year. Apart from helping instructors’ grade papers more efficiently, technology also enables students to get the help and attention they require.
Modern technology has fundamentally changed the way that education is delivered. The internet- enabled classrooms have made it possible for anybody who wants to learn to do so from anywhere in the world, at any time, and on any topic. Instead, then having a set number of seats like traditional face-to- face sessions, virtual classrooms may accommodate any number of students. Additionally, there is a limitless supply of information that may be acquired for free or at a reasonable cost.. It is an undeniable fact that our society is becoming increasingly technological. Children may better prepare for the future by learning how to use
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It is believed that the suggested multimedia learning environments, which combine live performances with electronically assisted picture, sound, text, and graphics, offer chances for individualized teaching, group work, feedback, and creative interaction between the medium and the user.
Virtual classrooms, augmented reality (AR}, videos, various robots, and other technological tools can not only make the class more engaging but can also develop more inclusive practices that foster cooperation and intellectual curiosity while also enabling teachers to collect data on student performance.
However, it is important to remember that while technology can be an aid in education, It can't resolve issues on its own. The effectiveness of educational technology depends on how teachers use it to best serve their students' needs. The appropriate use of digital learning tools in the classroom can boost student engagement, assist teachers in improving lesson plans, and enable personalized learning. It also helps students to develop critical thinking skills.
Researchers' interest in the study of the efficiency of using technology in the teaching of motor skills has lately increased significantly. Scientific publications are now releasing entire units or even entire issues on this subject. Additionally, a lot of scholars are experimenting with the creation and use of digital multimedia, virtual learning environments, and visual teaching aids for the instruction of motor skills
3 LITERATURE REVIEW
By the time dance teachers and academics began using videos to record, interpret, analyze, and store dances or dance choreographies, there was a relationship between dance and technology. However, research on how technology is affecting dance education is still in its early stages. Calvert, Wilke, Ryman, and Fox (2005} daim that dance is likely the only academic discipline that was slow to incorporate technological advancements. The same authors attribute this fact to two factors: dancers and dance choreographers' reluctance to allow any media to stand in the way of their live kinesthetic experience and this branch's low marketability, which causes newly developed technological applications to take longer to develop and be adopted by the market. However, there are many and very inventive dancing multimedia programs available nowadays. Particularly, since 1968, choreographers and academics have employed digital technology in their choreography training and composition.
More recently, however, specialists' attention has turned to the use of the internet to combine choreographic design with virtual worlds. Additionally, interactive multimedia is one of the most significant and comprehensive uses of technology in the instruction of dance techniques and genres. The presentation, preservation, and availability of interactive material related to the lives and productions of significant choreographers from the previous century (Strandberg;
1994), the comparative study of traditional dances (Golshani, Vissicaro, & Park, 2004), the teaching of dance notation (Marion & Smith,.1999; Wilke, Calvert, Ryman,.& Fox, 2005), and the teaching of improvisation are some examples of CD-ROMs for these purposes. The use of teleconference, distant learning, and the internet for dance instruction has become a topic of interest for dance scholars during the past ten years. Modern cultures want adaptable educational strategies that may meet the demand for lifelong learning (Giosos, Mavroidis, &
Koutsouba, 2008). A key benefit of the modern teaching strategy of distance education over the internet is the expansion of educational communities through the dissolution of the natural, social, and political boundaries of the classroom. Although not as widespread as with other educational subjects, the use of this approach to teach dance appears to be progressing steadily, with an emphasis on higher education. For the purpose of teaching dance, several academic institutions and researchers create online learning management systems (Garland, Naugle, & Popat, 1997; Kavakli, Bakogianni, Damianakis, Lamou, & Tsatsos, 2004; Leijen, Admiraal, Wildschut, & Simons, 2008; Damianakis, Tsadima, & Tsatsos, 2009}. According to Antoniou, Apostolakis, Anastasiades, and Karipidis (2009), the latter are made up of a variety
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4 FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS
The main study conclusion of the current review is that, although being highly inventive and advanced, modern technology media have not yet been incorporated into the daily practices of teaching and learning in the classroom. The high cost of purchasing and installing new software along with its supporting systems, the limited access that a large percentage of the student population has to new technologies, the educational community's concerns about the safety of the use of such media, as well as the anxiety on the part of some teachers are just a few of the challenges that educators face when trying to become familiar with new technologies so that they can integrate them in their lessons. Nevertheless, more and more students seem to be inspired and enthused by these innovative teaching strategies, preferring to participate in them to the more conventional ones.
Furthermore, there are also apps to learn almost all forms of dance, let me take one example of an Indian classical dance app named "Natya arts learning app". The ultimate aim of this platform is to provide for individuals who can't attend the sessions in person. Adults and working women can take private sessions at their own convenience. To satisfy their needs, this is quite beneficial. Children greatly like the fact that their courses are in groups. Their next step is to include both live and recorded lessons for more creative genres. For teachers to restart their lessons online, they have a separate platform and a particular video conference for art instructors and students.
Overall, they have to learn how to use the software tools and internet technologies like zoom, WhatsApp, google meet, email, word document plus they have to understand the nitty- gritties of WI-FL, laptop, browsers sound and video qualities etc.,
When the Covid started, one teacher in India was asked to conduct the rest of the classes of academic year through online medium, she was completely unaware of the technology behind conducting online d asses. She had to learn what, are all the tools from where to download, how to install, how to operate and resolve issues. She had to communicate through one of the shared computers used by her brother. The situation drastic changes to the way of teaching and communicating to her students. And this showed to the entire world the technology and its usage in teaching in a changed environment. Over a period of time, she was able to understand the benefit of internet technologies and still continue her teaching in a changed environment. Right now, we could see a lot of universities adapting a hybrid environment of teaching (through internet and in person) or either completely going online. The world is also seeing Stanford University and Harvard University reaching out to the students across geographies. Now there is a recent statistic of the education industry.
Another finding is that the researchers don't appear to examine and test the cognitive demands of the technologically enabled education, instead focusing on the numbers of the learning outcomes of each intervention. Additionally, the assessment of the recently proposed methodologies is limited to either the interpretative evaluation of surveys and interviews or to comparisons between one media and another.
Students are able to learn at their own speed with the use of online videos, audiobooks, and other resources. Teachers and students can always obtain the latest information because online content is continuously updated. Teachers may combine various learning strategies with technology to effectively meet the requirements of all students.
It is dear that technology is utilized to its fullest potential by both instructors and students. One of its most significant advantages is that using technology in the classroom allows for significant time savings. There are several technological tools available that assists instructors take attendance while taking up minimal amounts of their time. For instance, excel sheet, My Attendance Tracker, Attend ink, A+ Teacher's Aide, Attendance Manager, Teacher kit
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5 CONCLUSION
Digital technology integration in dance instruction offers students a fresh way to connect and engage with the course material. Thanks to the use of contemporary resources, education can now take place outside the four walls of your classroom. The internet and social media don't always have to be a source of distraction. Knowing how technology aids in learning can enable you as a teacher to incorporate it into lesson plans and assist yourself and your students achieve better learning results. Students learning capabilities gets stimulated by using advanced technologies in the form of e-content, reference videos, study resources, digital learning documents etc., which they can store it for their whole life. Students will learn how to use advanced software tools for making the learning comfortable and according to their convenience. Dancing is a passion for many and if it is easily accessible through digital platforms from anywhere then we can definitely consider it as a boon on this world
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