Week 1 Terminology Flashcards
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Collaboration
the action of working with someone to produce or create something.
Online
controlled by or connected to another computer or to a network.
Multimedia
(of art, education, etc.) using more than one medium of expression or communication
Student-Centered
when a classroom operates with student-centered instruction, students and instructors share the focus. Students and teachers interact equally.
Static Content/Web Pages
a page that is built using HTML code and features the same presentation and content, regardless of user identity or other factors. Static Web pages are easier to code and assemble than dynamic Web pages, which may feature customizable content according to a user’s identity or other factors. Static Web pages are also known as static websites.
Synchronous
Happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time
Asynchronous
Not simultaneous or concurrent in time.
Social Networking
the use of dedicated websites and applications to interact with other users, or to find people with similar interests to oneself.
Instructor-Centered
Students put all of their focus on the teacher. You talk, and the students exclusively listen. During activities, students work alone, and collaboration is discouraged.
Social Computing
an area of computer science that is concerned with the intersection of social behavior and computational systems.
Massively Multiplayer Games
an online game with a large amount of players, typically in the hundreds to thousands.
Blogs
a regularly updated website or web page, typically one run by an individual or small group, that is written in an informal or conversational style.
Wikis
websites that allow collaborative editing of its content and structure by its users
E-learning 2.0
views online learning as a platform not a medium.
Web 1.0
the first stage in the World Wide Web, which was entirely made up of web pages connected by hyperlinks. Although the exact definition of Web 1.0 is a source of debate, it is generally believed to refer to the web when it was a set of static websites that were not yet providing interactive content.
Web 2.0
the second stage of development of the World Wide Web, characterized especially by the change from static web pages to dynamic or user-generated content and the growth of social media.
Dynamic Content/Web Pages
a website that displays new information each time it is viewed.
Podcasts
a digital audio file made available on the Internet for downloading to a computer or mobile device, typically available as a series, new installments of which can be received by subscribers automatically.
Vodcasts
videocast
RSS Feed
a type of web feed which allows users to access updates to online content in a standardized, computer-readable format.
Web Conferencing/Virtual Classroom
is an online service by which you can hold live meetings, conferencing, presentations and trainings via the internet particularly on TCP/IP connections. an online classroom that allows participants to communicate with one another, view presentations or videos, interact with other participants, and engage with resources in work groups.
Communities of Practice
a group of people who share a craft or a profession.
Extended/Hybrid/Blended Learning
is an education program (formal or non-formal) that combines online digital media with traditional classroom methods. It requires the physical presence of both teacher and student, with some elements of student control over time, place, path, or pace.
Webcams
a video camera that inputs to a computer connected to the Internet, so that its images can be viewed by Internet users.
