Glossary

action learning

active learning

authentic assessment

backwash - This is a term used to describe a situation where students only learn what they think they will be tested on. That is, the assessment has a bigger influence on students' behaviour than the curriculum, leading to surface learning. See Biggs (2003).

blended learning

Bloom's taxonomy (or taxonomy of educational objectives)

constructivism

course evaluation

deep learning

distance learning or distance education

e-learning or electronic learning

experiential learning

file sharing

learning objects

Mobile Learning (or M-Learning)

Multimedia_learning

outcome-based education (OBE)

podcast

problem-based learning (PBL)

reusable learning objects (RLOs)

RSS

SCORM

second_life

situated cognition

situative learning - This is an approach to learning which argues that people learn through participation in specific communities and associated practices. This perspective encourages educators to construct or facilitate environments where students can participate in social practices and where dialogue is encouraged. See also: situated cognition.

structure of observed learning outcome

surface learning

technology enhanced learning (TEL)

testing effect

test (student assessment)

virtual learning environment

Web 2.0 - see also this YouTube presentation.