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Developing Musical Creativity Through Activity Theory in an Online Learning Environment

Developing Musical Creativity Through Activity Theory in an Online Learning Environment

Chih-Feng Chien, Brent G. Walters, Ching-Yieh Lee, Ching-Jung Liao
Copyright: © 2018 |Volume: 8 |Issue: 2 |Pages: 18
ISSN: 2155-6873|EISSN: 2155-6881|EISBN13: 9781522545804|DOI: 10.4018/IJOPCD.2018040105
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Chien, Chih-Feng, et al. "Developing Musical Creativity Through Activity Theory in an Online Learning Environment." IJOPCD vol.8, no.2 2018: pp.57-74. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJOPCD.2018040105

APA

Chien, C., Walters, B. G., Lee, C., & Liao, C. (2018). Developing Musical Creativity Through Activity Theory in an Online Learning Environment. International Journal of Online Pedagogy and Course Design (IJOPCD), 8(2), 57-74. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJOPCD.2018040105

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Chien, Chih-Feng, et al. "Developing Musical Creativity Through Activity Theory in an Online Learning Environment," International Journal of Online Pedagogy and Course Design (IJOPCD) 8, no.2: 57-74. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJOPCD.2018040105

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Abstract

An online general education platform, e-Holistic (e-HO), was developed to support digital learning. Following Burnard's (2007) adoption of Activity Theory (AT) in designing music education to galvanize learners' creativity, the authors' study extended her theoretical framework through a hypothetical model they designed. From AT, this article investigates a number of elements—musical activities (tools), e-HO (community), emotional arousal (object), and musical creativity (outcome). Through the operation of the AT system, 733 students immersed in musical activities in e-HO were able to compose music even without any musical background. The purpose of this article is to report how an e-HO online activity helps arouse students' emotions and inspire their musical creativity. The structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis indicates that all research hypotheses were supported, and the musical activities on e-HO predicted 71.6% of students' self-assessed musical creativity. Finally, the implications of the authors' findings are reported for the future development of online musical education.

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