Glossary

An open source Course Management System (Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment) originally developed by Martin Dougiamas. It is used by thousands of educational institutions around the world to provide an organized interface for e-learning, or learning over the Internet.

It allows educators to create online courses, which students can access as a virtual classroom. Typically its home page will include a list of participants (including the teacher and students), a calendar with a course schedule and list of assignments. Other features may include online quizzes, forums - where students can post comments and ask questions - glossaries of terms, and links to other Web resources.

Offical website: http://www.moodle.org.

In computing this is a pointing (input) device that functions by detecting two-dimensional motion relative to its supporting surface. Physically, it consists of an object held under one of the user's hands, with one or more buttons.

Describes a system which is, at the moment, not connected (generally electrically) to a network.

The state in which a computer is connected to another computer or server via a network. A computer communicating with another computer.

A digital recording of a radio broadcast or similar program, made available on the Internet for downloading to a personal audio player. Originally derived from a combination of "broadcasting" and "iPod ™," the word was declared "word of the year" when it was added to the dictionary at the end of 2005.

Picture source: www.zoouniversity.com/zoou-podcast.

A dynamic website that acts as a doorway to the Internet or a portion of the Internet, targeted towards one particular subject, and realted to the subject, it provides several functions for the visitor.

An acronym for Sharable Content Object Reference Model: a set of specifications that, when applied to course content, produces small, reusable learning objects. Courseware elements following this standard can be easily merged with other compliant elements to produce a highly modular repository of training materials.

A computer with a special service function on a network, generally to receive and connect incoming information traffic.

Picture source: www.euroastra.info/node/1451.

A sociological theory of knowledge that applies the general philosophical constructionism into social settings, wherein groups construct knowledge for one another, collaboratively creating a small culture of shared artifacts with shared meanings. (Source: wikipedia)