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eLearning Glossary: Definitions for the Most Commonly Used Terms

Association eLearning

eLearning -Also referred to as internet-based learning, web-based learning, and online learning is any training or education delivered via computer. For many, their first experience with eLearning was educational computer games delivered via CD Rom. Grab a spoon, and let’s dig in to the soup, with this eLearning glossary.

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SCORM Vs. xAPI (Tin Can): eLearning Content Standards

Academy of Mine

Why eLearning Content Standards Matter Content standards ensure that eLearning courses are designed to pass data and information along to technology like Learning Management Systems (LMS). At Academy Of Mine, our clients have told us time and time again that SCORM courses in the LMS give them plenty of information on their learners.

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What's Better: eLearning or Classroom?

The Performance Improvement Blog

We need to examine the proliferation of Web-based education before it gets out of hand (It may be too late.). However, the change has been in the accessibility of information, not in the impact of instruction.). Putting a course on the Web or on a CD-ROM does not ensure performance improvement.(

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Benefits of a Digital Library for Associations and Non-Profit Organizations

Kitaboo

A digital library , also commonly called an electronic library, is a vast repository of documents and files in categorized digital form, available over the web or on hardware storage devices like memory disks, flash drives, etc. In these libraries, the access, preservation, and propagation of information take place in the digital form.

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History of the LMS

eLearning 24-7

WBT (Web-Based Training). You popped in a CD-Rom, which could hold up to 640mb. Prior to the whole online scene, you could access information via FTP sites known as Archie, Veronica and Jughead (yes, totally true. Formal and Informal – That’s right, it wasn’t all formal, nor was it designed to be.

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Technology Advancement and Learning – Help or Hindrance?

Integrated Learnings

For more information on this, read Adapting 20th Century Training Models for the Future. Understand what “fits” to the technology – A 30-minute web-based course might work well on a PC over the web, but will it work on a smartphone? There have been many leaps forward in technology for learning in the past 10 years.

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Cloud Based Collaboration: Advancing Educational Publishing

Kitaboo

The dynamic information that may be delivered by cloud-based educational publishing makes learning more efficient and fun. Educational Publishing Supported by Technology Cloud based collaboration simply refers to the sharing of information online. This can be advantageous for the educational field.