Digital learning glossary

10 terms

CALL

Noun

Computer Assisted Language Learning.

Example: CALL is a term that has been evolving through time.

CK

Noun

Content Knowledge

Example: CK refers to the knowledge or specific nature of a discipline or subject matter

EFL

Noun

English as a Foreign Language

Example: EFL refers to learning and using English as an additional language in a non-English speaking country.

ESL

Noun

English as a Second Language

Example: ESL is an approach in which students who are not native English speakers are taught primarily in English.

ICT

Noun

Information and Communications Technology

Example: ICT is a very popular term nowadays.

LKT

Noun

Learning and Knowledge Technologies

Example: LKTs guide the use of information and communication technologies towards pedagogical purposes.

MALL

Noun

Mobile-Assisted Language Learning

Example: MALL is a subset of both Mobile Learning and computer-assisted language learning.

PK

Noun

Pedagogical Knowledge

Example: PK describes the general-purpose knowledge unique to teaching.

TCK

Noun

Technological Content Knowledge

Example: TCK describes the knowledge of the reciprocal relationship between technology and content

TPACK

Noun

Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge

Example: TPACK described the combined knowledge of each of the bodies of knowledge described above.