ABSTRACT
The new edition of Digital Learning: The Key Concepts is the perfect reference for anyone seeking to navigate the myriad of named concepts, approaches, issues and technologies associated with digital learning.
Key terms are explained succinctly, making this book ideal to dip into for a quick answer, or to read from cover-to-cover, in order to gain a mastery of how digital concepts fit within the world of education. Fully updated to include important developments in digital practice and technology in education over the last ten years, this book takes the reader from A to Z through a range of relevant topics including:
• Course design
• Digital scholarship
• Learning design
• Open education
• Personal learning environments
• Social media and social networking.
Ideal as an introductory guide, or as a reference book for ongoing referral, this quick-to-use and comprehensive guide is fully crossreferenced and complete with suggestions for further reading and exploration, making it an essential resource for anyone looking to extend their understanding of digital practices, techniques and pedagogic concepts.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
entry |1 pages
Accessibility
entry |2 pages
Active learning
entry |1 pages
Activity-based learning
entry |2 pages
Affordances
entry |2 pages
Agent
entry |1 pages
Andragogy
entry |2 pages
Animations
entry |1 pages
App
entry |1 pages
Artificial intelligence
entry |2 pages
Assessment
entry |1 pages
Asynchronous learning
entry |1 pages
Attachment
entry |2 pages
Audio/video clips
entry |2 pages
Audioconference
entry |1 pages
Augmented reality
entry |1 pages
Authentication
entry |1 pages
Avatar
entry |1 pages
Bandwidth
entry |2 pages
Behaviourism
entry |1 pages
Bit/byte
entry |2 pages
Bite-sized learning
entry |3 pages
Blended learning
entry |3 pages
Blogging (weblogging)
entry |1 pages
Bluetooth
entry |1 pages
Brainstorming
entry |1 pages
Bring your own device
entry |2 pages
Broadband
entry |1 pages
Browser
entry |1 pages
Case study
entry |2 pages
Chatroom/chatbox
entry |1 pages
Client
entry |1 pages
Cloud computing
entry |2 pages
Cognitivism
entry |3 pages
Collaborative work/learning
entry |1 pages
Community of inquiry
entry |1 pages
Community open online course (COOC)
entry |5 pages
Communities
entry |2 pages
Computer-based training (CBT)
entry |3 pages
Computer conferencing
entry |3 pages
Connectivism
entry |2 pages
Constructivism
entry |2 pages
Content aggregation
entry |1 pages
Content curation
entry |2 pages
Convergence
entry |2 pages
Cookie
entry |1 pages
Copyright
entry |3 pages
Course design
entry |1 pages
Courseware
entry |2 pages
Creative Commons
entry |1 pages
Cyberspace
entry |1 pages
Cyberstalking
entry |2 pages
Data security
entry |1 pages
Database
entry |2 pages
Desktop
entry |1 pages
Digital badge
entry |2 pages
Digital divide
entry |1 pages
Digital literacy
entry |1 pages
Digital natives and immigrants
entry |2 pages
Digital scholarship
entry |2 pages
Digital university
entry |1 pages
Digital visitors and residents
entry |1 pages
Digitizing
entry |1 pages
Discussion board
entry |2 pages
Distributed education
entry |2 pages
Domain name
entry |1 pages
Domain of one’s own (DoOO)
entry |2 pages
Download
entry |1 pages
Dropbox
entry |2 pages
ECDL (European Computer Driving Licence)
entry |1 pages
Edutainment
entry |1 pages
entry |1 pages
Emoticons
entry |1 pages
Encryption
entry |2 pages
Eportfolio
entry |1 pages
E-textbooks
entry |1 pages
Experiential learning
entry |1 pages
Face-to-Face (f2f)
entry |1 pages
entry |1 pages
Facilitator
entry |1 pages
FAQs
entry |3 pages
Feedback
entry |1 pages
File transfer protocol (FTP)
entry |1 pages
Firewall
entry |1 pages
Flaming (or flame war)
entry |3 pages
Flexible learning
entry |1 pages
Folksonomy
entry |1 pages
Gamification
entry |1 pages
GIF
entry |1 pages
Graphics
entry |2 pages
Groupwork
entry |1 pages
Hacker
entry |1 pages
Hardware
entry |1 pages
Hashtag
entry |1 pages
Helpline/helpdesk
entry |1 pages
Heutagogy
entry |2 pages
Homepage
entry |2 pages
HTML
entry |1 pages
HTTP
entry |1 pages
Hyper-interactivity
entry |2 pages
Hyperlink/hypertext
entry |1 pages
Icon
entry |2 pages
ICT
entry |1 pages
Instant messaging
entry |1 pages
Instructional design
entry |3 pages
Interaction
entry |2 pages
Internet
entry |2 pages
Internet café
entry |2 pages
Internet of things (IOT)
entry |1 pages
Internet service provider (ISP)
entry |1 pages
Intranet
entry |1 pages
Java
entry |1 pages
JPEG
entry |1 pages
Killer app
entry |1 pages
LAN (local area network)
entry |1 pages
Laptop
entry |2 pages
Learning design
entry |1 pages
Learning management system (LMS)
entry |3 pages
Learning objects
entry |5 pages
Lifelong learning
entry |1 pages
Logon/off or login/out
entry |1 pages
Lurking
entry |1 pages
Mentoring
entry |1 pages
Meta tag
entry |1 pages
Metadata
entry |1 pages
Micro-blogging
entry |1 pages
Micro-credentialing
entry |1 pages
MLE
entry |1 pages
Mobile learning
entry |1 pages
Modem
entry |2 pages
Moderator
entry |1 pages
Module
entry |2 pages
MOOC (massive open online course)
entry |1 pages
Motivation
entry |1 pages
Multimedia
entry |2 pages
Multiple choice question (MCQ)
entry |2 pages
Netiquette
entry |1 pages
Networks
entry |2 pages
Online
entry |2 pages
Online libraries
entry |1 pages
Open access
entry |1 pages
Open data
entry |1 pages
Open educational practice
entry |2 pages
Open educational resources (OER)
entry |2 pages
Open learning
entry |1 pages
Open source
entry |2 pages
Open textbook
entry |1 pages
Password
entry |1 pages
entry |1 pages
Pedagogy
entry |2 pages
Peer assessment
entry |1 pages
Peer-to-peer
entry |2 pages
Personal learning environment (PLE)
entry |1 pages
Personal learning network (PLN)
entry |3 pages
Plagiarism
entry |1 pages
Platform
entry |2 pages
Podcast
entry |1 pages
Post or posting
entry |2 pages
Problem-based learning (PBL)
entry |1 pages
QR codes
entry |3 pages
Quality assurance
entry |2 pages
Retention
entry |1 pages
Reusing, reworking and remixing
entry |2 pages
Role play
entry |1 pages
RSS
entry |2 pages
Screen dump
entry |2 pages
Search engine
entry |4 pages
Self-directed learning
entry |1 pages
Semantic Web
entry |2 pages
Serious games
entry |1 pages
Server
entry |1 pages
Simulation
entry |1 pages
Situated learning
entry |2 pages
Skype
entry |1 pages
Smartphone
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Snail mail
entry |1 pages
Social bookmarking
entry |2 pages
Social capital
entry |2 pages
Social media
entry |1 pages
Social networking
entry |1 pages
Social presence
entry |1 pages
Software
entry |1 pages
Spam
entry |2 pages
Stack Exchange
entry |1 pages
Stalking
entry |3 pages
Student-centred learning/learner-centred learning
entry |1 pages
Surfing
entry |1 pages
Synchronous learning
entry |1 pages
Tablet
entry |2 pages
Tagging
entry |1 pages
Text messaging
entry |2 pages
Threaded discussion
entry |2 pages
Tutor marked assignment (TMA)
entry |1 pages
Toolbar
entry |1 pages
Trojan
entry |2 pages
Troll
entry |1 pages
Trust
entry |1 pages
Tutor group
entry |3 pages
Tutoring
entry |1 pages
Tweet
entry |2 pages
entry |1 pages
Upload
entry |2 pages
URL
entry |1 pages
Validation
entry |3 pages
Videoconferencing
entry |1 pages
Virtual reality
entry |1 pages
Virtual seminar
entry |2 pages
Virtual university
entry |2 pages
Virus
entry |2 pages
VLE
entry |1 pages
Vodcast
entry |1 pages
Web
entry |1 pages
Web 2.0
entry |1 pages
Web-based learning
entry |1 pages
Web enabled
entry |1 pages
Web feed
entry |2 pages
Web presence
entry |1 pages
Webcam
entry |2 pages
Webcast
entry |1 pages
Webinar
entry |1 pages
Weblog
entry |1 pages
Webpage
entry |1 pages
WebQuests
entry |1 pages
Welcome page
entry |1 pages
Wi-fi
entry |2 pages
Wiki
entry |1 pages
Wikipedia
entry |1 pages
Wireless network
entry |1 pages
Worm
entry |1 pages
YouTube
entry |1 pages
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