The active system refers to heating or cooling systems that use mechanical means to produce energy.
Affinity spaces
Noun
Affinity spaces are locations where groups of people are drawn together because of a shared, strong interest or engagement in a common activity.
Apps
Noun
A software program designed to do a particular job, especially one that can be downloaded to a mobile device.
Assessment for Learning (AFL)
Noun
Is an approach to teaching and learning that creates feedback which is then used to improve students' performance.
Audio-lingual
Noun
Is a method used in teaching foreign languages.
Authoring software
Noun
Is software that helps a user create his or her own media content.
Blog
Noun
A record of your activities or opinions that you put on the internet for other people to read and that you add to regularly.
CALL
Noun
Computer-Assisted Language Learning The use of computers in education.
Communicative
Noun
Willing to talk to people and give them information.
Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)
noun
Is an approach that aims to achieve communicative rather than linguistic competence through learner interaction.
Communities of practice
Noun
Is a group of people who share a common concern, a set of problems, or an interest in a topic and who come together to fulfill both individual and group goals.
Connectivism
Noun
Is a learning theory that recognizes the evolution of ever-changing learning networks, their complexity, and the role that technology plays in learning networks through facilitation of existing learning networks and creation of new learning networks.
Consoles
Noun
A piece of electronic equipment for playing games on.
Cyberbole
Noun
Is an exaggerated claim about the effect of information technology on an organization or society as a whole.
Device
Noun
a piece of equipment.
Flaming
Adjective
Heated exchanges in online settings, such as email groups or social networks.
Genre
Noun
A style, especially in the arts, that involves a particular set of characteristics.
Grammar-translation
Noun
Is a method of teaching foreign languages derived from the classical method of teaching.
Hardware
Noun
The machines or equipment that your computer system is made from, not the programs.
ICT
Noun
Is the infrastructure and components that enable modern computing.
Input
Noun
Opinions and information that influence a situation.
Instant messaging
Noun
A type of service available on the internet that allows you to exchange written messages with someone else who is using the service at the same time.
Laptop
Noun
A small computer that you can carry around with you.
MALL
Noun
Mobile-Assisted Language Learning The use of mobiles in education.
Mediational tools
Noun
Are those devices that facilitate a person's relationship with the world.
Multimedia
Noun
The use of sound, pictures and film in addition to text on a screen.
Privacy settings
Noun
The part of a social networking website, internet browser, piece of software, etc. that allows you to control who sees information about you.
Rhizomatic knowledge
Noun
To describe theory and research that allows for multiple, non-hierarchical entry and exit points in data representation and interpretation.
Scaffolding
Noun
Is a teaching method that involves gradually shedding the instructor's assistance as students increase their understanding.
Social constructivism
Noun
Is a sociological theory of knowledge according to which human development is socially situated and knowledge is constructed through interaction with others.
Social media
noun
Websites and computer programs that allow people to communicate and share information on the internet using a computer or mobile phone.
Social networking
noun
The activity of communicating with other people who have similar interests using a website that provides this service.
Socio-cultural theories
Noun
Is an emerging theory in psychology that looks at the contributions that society makes to individual development.
Socio-digital competence
Noun
Being able to choose and use the appropriate tools and language in a given social context.
TACs
Noun
Tecnología del aprendizaje y el conocimiento
TELL
Noun
It is referred to the use of the computer as technology innovation to display multimedia as a means of complementing a teaching method language teacher.
Text messaging
Noun
The activity of sending someone a text message by phone.
TICs
Noun
Tecnologías de la información y comunicación
Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)
Noun
Refers to the difference between what a learner can do without help and what he or she can achieve with guidance and encouragement from a skilled partner.