Educational Technology (TP282)
Glossary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Accessibility Category: Definitions |
The practice of making web pages and other computer-based media accessible to all users, en-suring that those with disabilities have equivalent access as those without. |
| Adaptive learning Category: Definitions |
Adaptive learning is an educational method which uses computers as interactive teaching devices. Computers adapt the presentation of educational material according to students' learning needs, as indicated by their responses to questions and tasks. |
| ADDIE model Category: Definitions |
A traditional instructional model that recommends the following steps Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. |
| ADL Category: Acronyms |
Advanced Distributed Learning |
| Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Category: Definitions |
An Initiative guided by the U.S. Department of Defense to develop a shared technical framework or computer standard, especially for web based content. Two of the main aims of this process would be interoperability and reusability. See also SCORM. |
| AICC Category: Acronyms |
Aviation Industry Computer-Based Training Committee (AICC). Comments: |
| ARIADNE Category: Acronyms |
Alliance of Remote Instructional Authoring and Distribution Networks for Europe. |
| Assessment Category: Definitions |
A question, exercise, test, quiz, or other evaluation of the learner's achievement in an eLearning application, or of the learner's level of skill and knowledge before or after training |
| Assets Category: Definitions |
Assets are electronic representations of media, such as text, images, sound, Web pages or other pieces of data that can be delivered using the Web |
| Asynchronous learning Category: Definitions |
Instructional delivery online to learners who do not participate at the same time. Channels include email, discussion boards, self-paced courses. Media include Web, Internet, CD-ROM, DVD. |
| Authoring tools Category: Definitions |
Software applications for creating course interactive material. Authoring tools are designed to help the user create online modules that bring together all components of a course: text presentations, graphics, links, questions, and tracking of student performance. They also let the user add materials created in other software, such as video and audio clips, specialized graphics, and animations. Types of authoring tools include instructionally focused authoring tools, Web authoring and programming tools, template-focused authoring tools, knowledge capture systems, text and file creation/linkage systems, etc. |
| Avatar Category: Definitions |
An image (created or selected and often cus-tomized as a fantasy figure) that represents a player in a shared virtual environment. |
| Aviation Industry Computer-Based Training Committee (AICC). Category: Definitions |
International association of technology-based training professionals. Develops guidelines for development, delivery, and evaluation of CBT, WBT, and related training technologies. |
