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| Aggregator (Web aggregator) |
An aggregator or news aggregator is a type of software
that retrieves syndicated Web content that is supplied in the form
of a web feed (RSS, Atom and other XML formats), and that are published
by weblogs, podcasts, vlogs, and mainstream mass media websites. (Wikipedia) |
Asynchronous
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Not in real time, not live; communication that does not happen at
the time of speaking (e.g. email). |
Attachment or
attached file
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Any type of file or group of files that is included in an email
as an add-on; to open it/them, click on the 'clip' (top right of the
message) and then click over each one |
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| Blended Learning |
An increasingly popular combination of online and in-person,
classroom learning activities (Cyber
Media Creations) |
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An online log or diary with each entry arranged in chronological
order; it's also an open communication tool where people can post
comments to entries |
Bookmark |
A marker that enables you to return to a Web page on a later date.
On PC's you can save your selected Web pages to "Favorites"
using the corresponding icon on the navigation bar. |
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A program like Internet Explorer (IE), Netscape Navigator (NN),
or Mozila, which displays Web pages |
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CALL |
Computer Assisted (or Aided) Language Learning |
Chat |
A two-way form of computer-mediated communication (CMC), a dialogue
in real time as we keyboard or speak our words, an online conversation
between two or more people |
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Computer Mediated Communication: use of computers to facilitate
communication between two or more people |
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An interactive place on the Internet where people can post/send
and read messages on topics of common interest; this is done through
a Web browser. Also called forum. |
Discussion list/group |
A group of people with common interests who exchange messages to
discuss topics of interest through email. Also called distribution
lists or e-mail lists |
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To transfer (receive) files or data from another computer
to yours |
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Email, e-mail |
Electronic mail; a message sent electronically and instantaneously
over a network from one computer to another (several/many other computers);
the act of sending email. |
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Facial expressions made by using punctuation, letters
and icons in the keyboard: :-) is a smile; ;-) is a wink. Also
called smileys. |
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| Folksonomy |
Folksonomy (also known as collaborative tagging ,
social classification, social indexing, social tagging,
and other names) is the practice and method of
collaboratively creating and managing
tags to annotate and
categorize content. In contrast to traditional
subject indexing, metadata is not only generated by experts but
also by creators and consumers of the content. Usually, freely
chosen
keywords are used instead of a controlled vocabulary |
Forum |
See discussion board. |
Freeware |
Software that you can download and use for free |
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File Transfer Protocol:
a coding system that allows files to be transferred across the Internet
from one computer to another; the name of the program that transfers
files. |
| F.U.N |
Frivolous Unanticipated
Nonsense. A term coined by Vance Stevens, Webheads
in Action coordinanator to describe the fun we have in between our
academic chats ;-) |
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Graphical Interchange Format.
A format that is, together with JPG / JPEG, the most common way
to store pictures on Web pages.. GIF is considered best for lower
quality images and animations.
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HTML / html |
HyperText Markup
Language; the language for publishing Web pages that
is based on tags (codes), which represent instructions or commands
for the Web browser. |
Homepage, home page |
The first page you see when you access or log into a Web site. |
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A piece of text or a graphic that when clicked on with
the mouse will take you to a different place on that same Web page
or to another Web page. |
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Interactive |
A two-way communications system that allows users to connect and
be in touch with other users or machines/computers and get responses
(e.g. completing a survey, filling in a form). |
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A unique address for a computer on the Internet. Usually
a number. |
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Java |
A programming language from Sun Microsystem that allows users to
run a variety of programs on the WWW. |
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Joint Photographic Experts Group: a common format for
displaying high-quality color and grayscale photos on Web pages. |
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| Learning Management System (LMS) |
A Learning Management System (or LMS) is a term used
to describe software tools designed to manage user learning
interventions. LMSs go far beyond conventional training records
management and reporting |
Link |
A piece of text or image on a webpage which, when clicked on, takes
the user to another page or website. |
Listserv |
An automated mailing list distribution system; a program that manages
distribution lists. |
Login, log in |
The act of accessing email, a Web page, a remote computer, a network,
etc, by keyboarding a username and a password (registered in advance).
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Lurk(ing), lurker |
To be part of a mailing list or newsgroup as an observer who
reads the messages, but does not participate in the discussions;
it's a recommended practice in the first few weeks after joining
a list in order to grasp the spirit of the list and the way it works.
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Mailing list |
An automated email system similar to a listserv. |
Mirror site |
A site that replicates the content of another site.
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| Moodle |
Moodle is a free Learning Management System (LMS), to deliver
online and blended courses. |
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Netiquette |
The etiquette of Internet usage |
Newbie |
A newcomer to Internet.
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Online |
Connected to the Internet (through a network or an ISP); on the
Internet. |
Online community |
A group of people with common interests who meet in a predetermined
place on the Internet (e.g. Webheads in Action meet at Tapped In
every Sunday at 12.00 GMT).
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Password |
A secret code made up of letters, numbers and /or symbols necessary
to enter a computer system or site as an authorized user (e.g. your
password to enter Yahoo Groups or Yahoo Mail).
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| Podcasting |
Podcasting is a term used to describe a group of technologies
for distributing audio or video programs over the Internet using a
publisher/subscriber model. It differs from earlier online delivery
because it automates the transfer of digital media files to the user's
computer for later use. Subscribing to podcasts allows users to collect
individual programs from a variety of sources for listening or viewing
at the user's convenience. (Wikipedia) |
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Real time |
Internet term for something live (e.g. chat). See also synchronous
communication.
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| RSS |
Short for RDF Site Summary or Rich Site Summary,
an XML format for syndicating Web content. A Web site that wants
to allow other sites to publish some of its content creates an RSS
document and registers the document with an RSS publisher. A user
that can read RSS-distributed content can use the content on a different
site. Syndicated content includes such data as news feeds, events
listings, news stories, headlines, project updates, excerpts from
discussion forums or even corporate information.
RSS was originally developed by Netscape
(definitation taken from WebOpedia
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Also, RSS stands for Real(ly)
Simple Syndication |
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Scaffolding |
A collaborative learning arrangement in which more competent users
respond to learner, providing information to help them move to more
advanced levels of knowledge. |
| Screencasting |
A screencast is a digital movie in which the setting is
partly or wholly a computer screen, and in which audio narration
describes the on-screen action
What Is Screencasting by
Jon Udell
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Shareware |
Software that can be downloaded for a limited period of time after
which the user should voluntarily pay the author the predetermined
sum. |
| Slidecasting |
Slidecasting is a new multimedia format for viewing slide
decks (such as in a Power Point presentation) synchronized with an
audio file. It is for conference talks, musical slideshows, audio
picture books or whatever else you can imagine. You can think
Slidecasts as a mashup of slideshare with podcasts |
| Streaming |
The live flow of digital information that enables a
user to access audio or video files as they are received in his/her
computer; the technology that permits a user to see videos or hear
audio files as they flow into computers without the need for often
cumbersome and lengthy downloads. |
| Social bookmarking |
Social bookmarking is a way for
Internet users to store, organize, share and search
bookmarks of web pages. In a social bookmarking system, users
save links to
web
pages that they want to remember and/or share. These bookmarks
are usually public. (Wikipedia). Example:
Del.icio.us |
| Social network services |
A social network service focuses on the
building and verifying of online
social networks for communities of people who
share interests and activities, or who are
interested in exploring the interests and activities
of others, and which necessitates the use of
software. Most social network services are
primarily web based and provide a collection of
various ways for users to interact, such as
chat,
messaging,
email,
video,
voice chat,
file sharing,
blogging,
discussion groups, and so on (Wikipedia).
Example:
Facebook
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Syndication (Web syndication) |
Web syndication is a form of syndication in which a
section of a website is made available for other sites to use. This
could be simply by licensing the content so other people can use it,
but more commonly these days web syndication refers to making Web
feeds available from a site so other people can display an updating
list of content from it (for example one's latest forum postings,
etc.). This originated with news and blog sites but is increasingly
used to syndicate any information (Wikipedia) |
Synchronous
communication |
Live, immediate, simultaneous; communication that
happens in real time, at the moment of speaking (e.g. chat and videoconference).
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| Tagging - tags |
A tag is a (relevant)
keyword or term associated with or assigned to a piece of
information (a picture, a geographic map, a blog entry, a video clip
etc.), thus describing the item and enabling keyword-based
classification and search of information (Wikipedia). |
Thread |
The topic of a discussion in an email exchange or newsgroup;
a series of messages relating to the same topic or theme.
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Upload |
To transfer (send) files or data from your computer to another computer. |
URL |
Uniform (or Universal) Resource
Locator: an Internet address.
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Virtual |
A simulation of the real thing; a technology that allows you
to participate in events and experience things at a distance without
the need for physical presence.
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| Vlog |
Weblog which uses video as its primary presentation
format. It is primarily a medium for distributing video content.
Vlog posts are usually accompanied by text, image, and additional
meta data to provide a context or overview for the video. Vlogs
or videoblogs are created by vloggers or videobloggers, while the
act itself is referred to as vlogging or videoblogging (Wikipedia)
iTunes uses the term video podcast to describe
a video blog |
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Webcam |
A small video camera connected to your computer, and placed next
to or on your monitor, to send live images over the Internet . |
Webcast |
Broadcast (transmit) over the World Wide Web. |
| Webheads in Action - The webheads |
The Webheads are a world-wide, cross-cultural, and vibrant online-community
of educators with an open enrollment for anyone who wants to join.
More about the Webheads
in Action. Webheads in Action
Yahoo
Group
About
webheads (from: Real English is listening) |
Web host |
A Web site that provides the necessary equipment and services for
users to have and maintain Web pages/sites (e.g. GeoCities). |
Weblog |
See blog. |
Web page |
A file accessible by a Web browser that can contain text, pictures,
sounds and links to other Web pages. |
Web site |
A place on the World Wide Web (WWW) with a unique address (URL)
made up of files of different types (text, audio, graphics, video,
etc) linked to one another by hyperlinks. |
Wiki |
Wiki is a piece of server software that allows users
to freely create and edit Web page content using any Web browser.
Wiki supports hyperlinks and has a simple text syntax for creating
new pages and crosslinks between internal pages on the fly. Allowing
everyday users to create and edit any page in a Web site is exciting
in that it encourages democratic use of the Web and promotes content
composition by nontechnical users. |
WYSIWYG |
What You See Is What You Get: the technology that allows the screen
display (what you see) to show the exact formatting and layout of
the printed page (what you get). |
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