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Youtube, as a Web 2.0 tool, can be utilized for knowledge generation through observation and social interactions. However studies related to the use of Youtube in education have focused mainly on academic achievement, with very few studies are conducted in the instruction of the performing arts. In addition, there are very few studies done in the performing arts related to future studies. The objective of this study was to get consensus on the benefits of the use of Youtube as a tool for teaching and learning in the performing arts, and for maintaining students’ interest and achievement in learning, as well as to determine the suitability of using Youtube as a tool for teaching the performing arts in future. In this study, the Fuzzy Delphi technique was used to get consensus among 20 experts who were instructors and lecturers in seven areas of specialization: music, creative writing, theater, television film, dance, animation and fine arts from the Academy of Arts, Culture and National Heritage (ASWARA). The findings show that Youtube the potential to be used as an instructional tool in the performing arts in line with current trends of collaboration and social networking in education
DeWitt et al. (Fri,) studied this question.