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| learning where people are not online at the same time and interaction does not occur without a time delay, allowing people to participate on their schedules. Examples are email, discussion groups, and self-paced courses delivered via Internet or CD-ROM | Asynchronous Learning |
| voice-only connection between three or more locations | Audio Conferencing |
| an increasing popular combination of online and in-person learning activities | Blended Learning |
| a public web site where users post informal journals of their thoughts, comments, and philosophies, updated frequently and normally reflecting the views of the blog's creator | Blog (Weblog) |
| software for interacting with , accessing, and viewing information on the Internet or created in HTML. Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator are the two most widely used ones | Browser |
| training conducted using a computer, often used when referring to education or training presented while a computer is not connected to a network | CBT (Computer-Based Training) |
| An online, real-time interactive communication method using text to send and receive instant messages | Chat |
| educational software that delivers course material and instruction via computer | Courseware |
| a place where people can exchange messages of common interest | Discussion Forums (Boards) |
| education designed for delivery where students and instructors not in the same location. | Distance Education |
| often used synonymously with Distance Learning; distinct in that it is the outcome of education that combines a blend of online and traditional delivery methods | Distributed Learning |
| learning that is accomplished over the Internet, a computer network, via CD-ROM, interactive TV, or satellite broadcast | E-Learning |
| short for electronic mail; primarily text messages sent between two computers. | Email |
| the person or persons who will be using a particular technology and for whom it is designed. | End User |
| a traditional classroom instructional setting. | F2F (face to face) |
| an instructor who assists, directs, and stimulates the learning during an online course. | Facilitator |
| highly useful, a list of common questions about a particular topic, product, or service directed primarily at new users | FAQ (frequently asked questions) |
| a computer that stores and manages files and software on a computer network, giving users the capability of sharing information and other resources | File Server |
| a computer interface that presents information in a user-friendly way using pictures and icons. | GUI (graphical user interface) |
| the opening page or main document that appears when you visit a web site, usually contains links to other web pages | Home page |
| a computer system on a network that distributes and receives information from other computers. | Host |
| the person who develops the methodology and delivery systems for presenting course content. | Instructional Designer |
| the global network of regional and local computer networks. | Internet |
| an internal computer network owned by a company or organization and accessible only to designated staff. | Intranet |
| hypertext that is usually underlined to indicate a pointer to additional related information. | Link |
| an automatic email service that users subscribe to in order to receive future mailings. Users must be a member of the list to receive mail, and can choose to unsubscribe at any time. | Listserv |
| the act of providing a user name and password to gain access to another computer, application, web site, or file. | Log in/on |
| an audio, video, email, or application broadcast over the web, from one computer to many. | Multicasting |
| etiquette on the Internet, best used when sending email, chatting, posting messages, and using limited resources. | Netiquette |
| a group of computers and peripheral devices (like printers and modems) connected to allow users to communicate and share information and resources. | Network |
| a traditional classroom instructional setting. | F2F (face to face); Onground |
| an umbrella term used to describe any education or training that occurs online. | Online learning |
| software programs that enhance your browser and allow it to perform additional tasks such as playing audio, displaying video, and viewing documents as an integrated function of the browser. | Plug-in |
| web site that is a major starting point or gateway to additional information on the Internet, sometimes general (like Yahoo!) and sometimes specific (like World Wide Learn). | Portal |
| used as a noun for messages "posted" to BBSs, newsgroups, blogs, etc. | Post |
| communication with little or no delay; synchronous interaction. | Real-time communication |
| a computer with large storage capacity that serves out files, applications, and other resources. | Server |
| interactive multimedia presentations designed to model real scenarios and which allow the user to participate and experience without risk. | Simulations |
| unsolicited email. | Spam |
| a technique where media (audio, video, or both) are downloaded to the user's computer in a continuous stream and played upon arrival. | Streaming |
| Learning where people are online at the same time and interaction occurs without a time delay (real-time) and which requires them to attend at specific times. | Synchronous learning |
| video or audio conferences conducted over telecommunications channels such as telephone lines, local area networks, and the Internet. | Teleconferencing |
| a file transfer from your computer to another. | Upload |
| the address used to identify a page or file on the Internet. | URL (uniform resource locator) |
| the components of a computer system that the operator uses to interact with the computer - the screen display, keyboard, mouse, touch controls, etc. | User interface |
| live video and audio communication between three or more locations. | Video Conferencing |
| not physical. | Virtual |
| the World Wide Web consortium, whose mission it is to create standards and specifications for the World Wide Web. | W3C |
| a group of related web pages that includes a home page. | Web site |
| computer text and graphics that will print exactly as they appear on the screen. | WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) |
