A New Paradigm for Music Education: Creating Active E-books through the IEEE 1599 Standard

After a short review about music education and self-regulation in learning processes, this paper identifies the meta-cognitive strategies that music students should adopt during their instrumental practice. The goal is re-thinking the structure of a didactic e-book for instrumental music education. Thanks to the adoption of the IEEE 1599 standard, the paper outlines a model of active e-book able to improve learners' performances through proper cognitive and multi-modal scaffolds.