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.

chapter |6 pages

Introduction

part |165 pages

Key concepts

chapter |1 pages

Accessibility

chapter |2 pages

Active learning

chapter |1 pages

Activity-based learning

chapter |2 pages

Affordances

chapter |2 pages

Agent

chapter |1 pages

Andragogy

chapter |2 pages

Animations

chapter |1 pages

App

chapter |1 pages

Artificial intelligence

chapter |2 pages

Assessment

chapter |1 pages

Asynchronous learning

chapter |1 pages

Attachment

chapter |2 pages

Audio/video clips

chapter |2 pages

Audioconference

chapter |1 pages

Augmented reality

chapter |1 pages

Authentication

chapter |1 pages

Avatar

chapter |1 pages

Bandwidth

chapter |2 pages

Behaviourism

chapter |1 pages

Bit/byte

chapter |2 pages

Bite-sized learning

chapter |3 pages

Blended learning

chapter |3 pages

Blogging (weblogging)

chapter |1 pages

Bluetooth

chapter |1 pages

Brainstorming

chapter |1 pages

Bring your own device

chapter |2 pages

Broadband

chapter |1 pages

Browser

chapter |1 pages

Case study

chapter |2 pages

Chatroom/chatbox

chapter |1 pages

Client

chapter |1 pages

Cloud computing

chapter |2 pages

Cognitivism

chapter |3 pages

Collaborative work/learning

chapter |1 pages

Community of inquiry

chapter |1 pages

Community open online course (COOC)

chapter |5 pages

Communities

chapter |2 pages

Computer-based training (CBT)

chapter |3 pages

Computer conferencing

chapter |3 pages

Connectivism

chapter |2 pages

Constructivism

chapter |2 pages

Content aggregation

chapter |1 pages

Content curation

chapter |2 pages

Convergence

chapter |2 pages

Cookie

chapter |1 pages

Copyright

chapter |3 pages

Course design

chapter |1 pages

Courseware

chapter |2 pages

Creative Commons

chapter |1 pages

Cyberspace

chapter |1 pages

Cyberstalking

chapter |2 pages

Data security

chapter |1 pages

Database

chapter |2 pages

Desktop

chapter |1 pages

Digital badge

chapter |2 pages

Digital divide

chapter |1 pages

Digital literacy

chapter |1 pages

Digital natives and immigrants

chapter |2 pages

Digital scholarship

chapter |2 pages

Digital university

chapter |1 pages

Digital visitors and residents

chapter |1 pages

Digitizing

chapter |1 pages

Discussion board

chapter |2 pages

Distributed education

chapter |2 pages

Domain name

chapter |1 pages

Domain of one’s own (DoOO)

chapter |2 pages

Download

chapter |1 pages

Dropbox

chapter |1 pages

Edutainment

chapter |1 pages

Email

chapter |1 pages

Emoticons

chapter |1 pages

Encryption

chapter |2 pages

Eportfolio

chapter |1 pages

E-textbooks

chapter |1 pages

Experiential learning

chapter |1 pages

Face-to-Face (f2f)

chapter |1 pages

Facebook

chapter |1 pages

Facilitator

chapter |1 pages

FAQs

chapter |3 pages

Feedback

chapter |1 pages

File transfer protocol (FTP)

chapter |1 pages

Firewall

chapter |1 pages

Flaming (or flame war)

chapter |3 pages

Flexible learning

chapter |1 pages

Folksonomy

chapter |1 pages

Gamification

chapter |1 pages

GIF

chapter |1 pages

Graphics

chapter |2 pages

Groupwork

chapter |1 pages

Hacker

chapter |1 pages

Hardware

chapter |1 pages

Hashtag

chapter |1 pages

Helpline/helpdesk

chapter |1 pages

Heutagogy

chapter |2 pages

Homepage

chapter |2 pages

HTML

chapter |1 pages

HTTP

chapter |1 pages

Hyper-interactivity

chapter |2 pages

Hyperlink/hypertext

chapter |1 pages

Icon

chapter |2 pages

ICT

chapter |1 pages

Instant messaging

chapter |1 pages

Instructional design

chapter |3 pages

Interaction

chapter |2 pages

Internet

chapter |2 pages

Internet café

chapter |2 pages

Internet of things (IOT)

chapter |1 pages

Internet service provider (ISP)

chapter |1 pages

Intranet

chapter |1 pages

Java

chapter |1 pages

JPEG

chapter |1 pages

Killer app

chapter |1 pages

LAN (local area network)

chapter |1 pages

Laptop

chapter |2 pages

Learning design

chapter |1 pages

Learning management system (LMS)

chapter |3 pages

Learning objects

chapter |5 pages

Lifelong learning

chapter |1 pages

Logon/off or login/out

chapter |1 pages

Lurking

chapter |1 pages

Mentoring

chapter |1 pages

Meta tag

chapter |1 pages

Metadata

chapter |1 pages

Micro-blogging

chapter |1 pages

Micro-credentialing

chapter |1 pages

MLE

chapter |1 pages

Mobile learning

chapter |1 pages

Modem

chapter |2 pages

Moderator

chapter |1 pages

Module

chapter |2 pages

MOOC (massive open online course)

chapter |1 pages

Motivation

chapter |1 pages

Multimedia

chapter |2 pages

Multiple choice question (MCQ)

chapter |2 pages

Netiquette

chapter |1 pages

Networks

chapter |2 pages

Online

chapter |2 pages

Online libraries

chapter |1 pages

Open access

chapter |1 pages

Open data

chapter |1 pages

Open educational practice

chapter |2 pages

Open educational resources (OER)

chapter |2 pages

Open learning

chapter |1 pages

Open source

chapter |2 pages

Open textbook

chapter |1 pages

Password

chapter |1 pages

PDF

chapter |1 pages

Pedagogy

chapter |2 pages

Peer assessment

chapter |1 pages

Peer-to-peer

chapter |2 pages

Personal learning environment (PLE)

chapter |1 pages

Personal learning network (PLN)

chapter |3 pages

Plagiarism

chapter |1 pages

Platform

chapter |2 pages

Podcast

chapter |1 pages

Post or posting

chapter |2 pages

Problem-based learning (PBL)

chapter |1 pages

QR codes

chapter |3 pages

Quality assurance

chapter |2 pages

Retention

chapter |1 pages

Reusing, reworking and remixing

chapter |2 pages

Role play

chapter |1 pages

RSS

chapter |2 pages

Screen dump

chapter |2 pages

Search engine

chapter |4 pages

Self-directed learning

chapter |1 pages

Semantic Web

chapter |2 pages

Serious games

chapter |1 pages

Server

chapter |1 pages

Simulation

chapter |1 pages

Situated learning

chapter |2 pages

Skype

chapter |1 pages

Smartphone

chapter |1 pages

Snail mail

chapter |1 pages

Social bookmarking

chapter |2 pages

Social capital

chapter |2 pages

Social media

chapter |1 pages

Social networking

chapter |1 pages

Social presence

chapter |1 pages

Software

chapter |1 pages

Spam

chapter |2 pages

Stack Exchange

chapter |1 pages

Stalking

chapter |1 pages

Surfing

chapter |1 pages

Synchronous learning

chapter |1 pages

Tablet

chapter |2 pages

Tagging

chapter |1 pages

Text messaging

chapter |2 pages

Threaded discussion

chapter |2 pages

Tutor marked assignment (TMA)

chapter |1 pages

Toolbar

chapter |1 pages

Trojan

chapter |2 pages

Troll

chapter |1 pages

Trust

chapter |1 pages

Tutor group

chapter |3 pages

Tutoring

chapter |1 pages

Tweet

chapter |2 pages

Twitter

chapter |1 pages

Upload

chapter |2 pages

URL

chapter |1 pages

Validation

chapter |3 pages

Videoconferencing

chapter |1 pages

Virtual reality

chapter |1 pages

Virtual seminar

chapter |2 pages

Virtual university

chapter |2 pages

Virus

chapter |2 pages

VLE

chapter |1 pages

Vodcast

chapter |1 pages

Web

chapter |1 pages

Web 2.0

chapter |1 pages

Web-based learning

chapter |1 pages

Web enabled

chapter |1 pages

Web feed

chapter |2 pages

Web presence

chapter |1 pages

Webcam

chapter |2 pages

Webcast

chapter |1 pages

Webinar

chapter |1 pages

Weblog

chapter |1 pages

Webpage

chapter |1 pages

WebQuests

chapter |1 pages

Welcome page

chapter |1 pages

Wi-fi

chapter |2 pages

Wiki

chapter |1 pages

Wikipedia

chapter |1 pages

Wireless network

chapter |1 pages

Worm

chapter |1 pages

YouTube

chapter |1 pages

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