‘Thai Sing Application’: Urban Cultural-Educational Learning Media Promoting Thai Local Vibes to Global Sphere

บทคัดย่อ

Thai classical singing is one of the ancient vocal performances of Thailand. It does exist nowadays to serve educational and cultural functions. This paper illustrates the development of Thai Sing, a self-learning educational application for Thai and non-Thai learners to learn about singing Thai classical songs. This paper provides a preliminary background of Thai classical singing in the following aspects: vocal elements (lyrics and the uan or wordless vocalization), teaching styles in relation to educational technology and contemporary learning style of students in Thai classical singing major, international contexts of learning and teaching Thai classical singing oversea. Then, the paper demonstrates the creation of the Thai Sing Application (a developed prototype application available for both iOS and Android platform.) based on research and development methodology, including objectives, related works, methodology, findings, and discussion on how the Thai Sing Application can be the integrative educational media to make local Thai culture approachable by global audiences; the paper also manifests that Thai culture was presented by bringing them into the song content used in the Thai Sing Application. Furthermore, this paper embraces how the Thai Sing Application is compatible with the urban consumption style and has become one of the Thai cultural media that supports lifelong learning and cultural diversity globally.