A blog (a shortened version of “weblog”) is an online journal or informational website displaying information in reverse chronological order, with the latest posts appearing first, at the top. It is a platform where a writer or a group of writers share their views on an individual subject.
Minaev, A. (2018, April 8). What is a blog? – definition of terms blog, blogging, and blogger. FirstSiteGuide. https://firstsiteguide.com/what-is-blog/
CALL
Computer Assisted Language Learning.
Stevie, D. (2016, March 28). Teachers on CALL: What educators must know about Computer Assisted Language Learning. General Educator Blog. https://www.fluentu.com/blog/educator/what-is-computer-assisted-language-learning/
Chunk
Learning by chunking is an active learning strategy characterized by chunking, which is defined as cognitive processing that recodes information into meaningful groups, called chunks, to increase learning efficiency or capacity.
Fountain, S. B., & Doyle, K. E. (2012). Learning by Chunking. In Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning (pp. 1814–1817). Springer US.
Communicative Competence
A person’s ability to communicate in one or all types of speech activity, which is a special quality of a real linguistic personality acquired in the process of natural communication or specially organized training.
Job Opportunities. (n.d.). What is Communicative Competence. Igi-global.com. Retrieved September 5, 2022, from https://www.igi-global.com/dictionary/communicative-competence/4675
Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)
Communicative language teaching (CLT) is also referred to as the communicative approach, which entails teaching language through communication. This approach to teaching language frames communication as both a goal and a method for English language learners (ELLs) whose first language is not English.
No title. (n.d.). Study.com. Retrieved September 5, 2022, from https://study.com/learn/lesson/communicative-language-teaching-approach-features-clt.html
Connectivism
Connectivism 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. Connectivism relies, in part, on a construct that is inclusive of chaos and network theories
Job Opportunities. (n.d.-b). What is connectivism. Igi-global.com. Retrieved September 5, 2022, from https://www.igi-global.com/dictionary/ensuring-quality/5367
Educational Technology
The technological tools and media that assist in the communication of knowledge, and its development and exchange.
Lathan, J. (2019, December 30). What is Educational Technology? [Definition, Examples & Impact]. University of San Diego Online Degrees. https://onlinedegrees.sandiego.edu/what-is-educational-technology-definition-examples-impact/
Feedback
Information or statements of opinion about something, such as a new product, that can tell you if it is successful or liked.
Feedback. (n.d.). Cambridge.org. Retrieved September 5, 2022, from https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/feedback
Genre
A style, especially in the arts, that involves a particular set of characteristics.
Genre. (n.d.). Cambridge.org. Retrieved September 5, 2022, from https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/genre
Hardware
Computer hardware is a collective term used to describe any of the physical components of an analog or digital computer. The term hardware distinguishes the tangible aspects of a computing device from software, which consists of written, machine-readable instructions or programs that tell physical components what to do and when to execute the instructions.
Awati, R., & Rosencrance, L. (2021, October 6). Computer hardware. SearchNetworking; TechTarget. https://www.techtarget.com/searchnetworking/definition/hardware
Input
Something such as energy, money, or information that is put into a system, organization, or machine so that it can operate.
Input. (n.d.). Cambridge.org. Retrieved September 5, 2022, from https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/input
Knowledge
Understanding of or information about a subject that you get by experience or study, either known by one person or by people generally.
Knowledge. (n.d.). Cambridge.org. Retrieved September 5, 2022, from https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/knowledge
Multimedia
The word multi and media are combined to form the word multimedia. The word “multi” signifies “many.” Multimedia is a type of medium that allows information to be easily transferred from one location to another.
What is multimedia? (2021, June 21). GeeksforGeeks. https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/what-is-multimedia/
social constructivism
Social constructivism is defined as ‘a social group constructing things for one another, collaboratively creating a small culture of shared artefacts with shared meanings’ (Moodle, 2015).
McAvinia, C. (2016). Enter the VLE. In Online Learning and its Users (pp. 11–34). Elsevier.
TELL
TELL is an acronyms for Technology Enhanced Language Lerning.
Job Opportunities. (n.d.-a). What is CALL & TELL. Igi-global.com. Retrieved September 5, 2022, from https://www.igi-global.com/dictionary/call--tell/37758