Saturday, February 8, 2014

:terms you need to know

Online learning:  sometimes referred to as e-learning, is a form of distance education. Online courses are delivered over the Internet and can be accessed from a computer with a Web browser (ex. Internet Explorer)

Computer-assisted language learning (CALL): the search for and study of applications of the computer in language teaching and learning

Blended learning: is a formal education program in which a student learns at least in part through online delivery of content and instruction with some element of student control over time, place, path or pace

Learning Management System (LMS): is a software application for the administration, documentation, tracking, reporting and delivery of e-learning education courses or training programs

E-learning (or eLearning): refers to the use of electronic media and information and communication technologies (ICT) in education

 D-Learning: is a mode of delivering education and instruction, often on an individual basis, to students who are not physically present in a traditional setting such as a classroom. Distance learning provides "access to learning when the source of information and the learners are separated by time and distance, or both

Netiquette: is network etiquette, the do's and don'ts of online communication. Netiquette covers both common courtesy online and the informal "rules of the road" of cyberspace

Educational technology: sometimes termed EdTech, is the study and ethical practice of facilitating e-learning, which is the learning and improving performance by creating, using and managing appropriate technological processes and resources

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