Terms

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What is adult learning?

Adult learning is the process of education in which adults are the recipients of learning. A very close concept to it is andragogy, the art and science of assisting adults in learning.

[ No Comments ] Posted by Greten on 15 Nov 2021 under Terms

Difference between instructional designer and elearning developer

An instructional designer plans the learning module, while an elearning developer implements the plan. While two sets of different education and expertise, it’s becoming common to combine these roles in one employee.

[ No Comments ] Posted by Greten on 06 Mar 2021 under Terms

A left-handed person scribbling on a paper with clipboard.

What is mobile learning?

Mobile learning or m-learning is the use of mobile devices such as tablet computers and smartphones to facilitate learning.

[ No Comments ] Posted by Greten on 02 Feb 2021 under Terms

A pink smartphone on a smooth black surface.

What is rapid prototyping approach in elearning?

Rapid prototyping is the quick development of a learning product prototype for the purpose of evaluation. It can be a kind of or a substitute to storyboarding as well as an instructional design model.

[ No Comments ] Posted by Greten on 17 Jan 2021 under Terms

3D printer

What is zoombombing or video conference bombing?

Virtual classes are very useful in time of pandemic. However, another issue lurkes around the corners of the internet that may gatecrash and disturb your virtual or online classrooms, the video conference bombing or more commonly known as zoombombing.

[ No Comments ] Posted by Greten on 21 Dec 2020 under Terms

A blue camera with spherical bomb at the back.

What is a storyboard?

A storyboard is a document that lays out an elearning video or lesson, so that various stakeholders in the lesson development can see it, examine it, edit it, and implement it.

[ No Comments ] Posted by Greten on 21 Oct 2020 under Terms

Screen capture of Google Slides with slide notes visible.

What is correspondence education?

In correspondence education, students receive lessons, instructions, activities, exercises, and quizzes from a teacher or learning institution as modules through the postal system or other means of delivering documents. Students send the expected learning output to their remote instructor, such as essays or answered quizzes, through the same means of delivery.

[ No Comments ] Posted by Greten on 04 Oct 2020 under Terms

An open envelope containting three pieces of paper, the one in front explicitly labeled as school work.

What is a virtual classroom?

A virtual classroom is an online environment that allows teachers to facilitate teaching and learning, and students to interact with the teacher and with one another.

[ No Comments ] Posted by Greten on 20 Sep 2020 under Terms

What is an EPUB book format and what are its features?

EPUB is an ebook format that allows reader to flip the pages sideways, like a real book, and change the page size and reposition the content based on the size of the viewing screen.

[ 1 Comment ] Posted by Greten on 12 Sep 2020 under Terms

A collection of books, like shelves in a library, seen within the screen of a tablet computer.

What is distance education?

Distance education is an educational process in which the learning process and the teaching process happen in two different locations. A medium of communication, such as the postal system or the internet, must connect the two processes to make distance education work.

[ No Comments ] Posted by Greten on 06 Jun 2020 under Terms

Metaphor of distance education: teacher and three students standing on different planets.

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