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Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53604#.VMnrPCzQrzE Author(s)    Sahoon H. Kim Affiliation(s) College of Education, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, South Korea . ABSTRACT We are living in the 21st century that requires us to know how to integrate paper based curricula into interactive media. The purpose of the study is to provide exemplary cases that music teachers hope for their music classes through using Digital Textbook. For this purpose, two times of interviews with ten music teachers in South Korea were conducted. Case study and grounded theory methodology were adopted as a tool for analyzing the data. As a result, the teachers’ desires for Digital Textbook were categorized into two perspectives: learner-centered learning, and collaborative learning & connection with open sources. KEYWORDS Digital Textbook , Music Curriculum , Learner-Centered Learning , Collaborati...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52392#.VJOTLcCAM4 Author(s) Wai Shiang Cheah 1 , Edwin Mit 1 , Marlene Valeri AiSiok Marlene Valeri AiSiok Lu 2 Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Computing, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Kota Samarahan, Malaysia . 2 Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Science, Swinburne University, Sarawak, Malaysia . ABSTRACT Interactive patterns are able to promote the notion of reusability in groupware application development. Hence, these patterns support the comprehensiveness of both the interaction design and implementation while easing code modification for groupware application. Groupware is used to describe a broad range of technologies that s...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51615#.VHKFIGfHRK0 Author(s) Olalekan S. Akinola * , Babatunde I. Ayinla Affiliation(s) Department of Computer Science, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria . ABSTRACT Pair programming has been widely acclaimed the best way to go in computer programming. Recently, collaboration involving more subjects has been shown to produce better results in programming environments. However, the optimum group size needed for the collaboration has not been adequately addressed. This paper seeks to inculcate and acquaint the students involved in the study with the spirit of team work in software projects and to empirically determine the effective (...