AJAX (Asynchronous JAvaScript and XML) is a Web development technique for creating interactive web applications. The intent is to shift a great deal of interaction to the Web surfer's computer,...

AFLAX, a trademark of Xamlon, Inc., stands for Asynchronous Flash and XML. Defined simply, AFLAX is a development methodology which combines Ajax and Flash to create more dynamic web based...

Asynchronous learning allows participants to learn and communicate online at different times and includes technologies such as email, instant messaging and learning content management systems like...

Blended learning is a term that has come to mean 'appropriate combinations of face-to-face and technology-mediated learning'.

A weblog (now more commonly known as a blog) is a web-based publication consisting primarily of periodic articles (normally in reverse chronological order). Although most early blogs were manually...

The Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a W3C-recommended general-purpose markup language for creating special-purpose markup languages. It is a simplified subset of SGML, capable of describing many...

A learning design is a description of a method enabling learners to attain certain learning outcomes by performing certain learning activities in a certain order in the context of a certain learning...

The learning outcomes comprise the knowledge and skills (and attitudes) attained by learners who complete a unit of learning successfully. Learning outcomes can be specified on several levels of...

Metadata is structured information that describes and allows us to find, manage, control and understand other information. In a web environment metadata acts like a virtual library catalogue – it...

Online chat is a generic term for what are now mostly known as instant messaging applications—computer programs that enable two-way typing to connect users to each other. However, there are net...

Open Source: Programmers list, read, redistribute, and modify the source code for a piece of software enabling the software to evolve. People improve it, adapt it and fix bugs. And this can happen at ...

Open Standards are recognised national or international platform independent standards. They are developed collaboratively through due process, are vendor neutral and do not rely on commercial...

Podcasting is a method of publishing audio programs via the Internet, allowing users to subscribe to a feed of new files (usually MP3s). It became popular in late 2004, largely due to automatic...

Prerequisites specify the overall entry requirements that must be achieved by learners prior to undertaking the chosen unit of learning. They can be provided at the level of the unit of learning...

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is a commonly-used protocol for managing the security of a message transmission on the Internet. SSL has recently been succeeded by Transport Layer Security (TLS), which is ...

SOAP/XMLP Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP/XMLP) uses web protocols to exchange from one computer to another. SOAP/XMLP specifies how to encode an HTTP header and an XML file so that one computer...

Synchronous learning requires participants to be online and engaged in the learning process at the same time and includes chat, video and audio conferencing technologies.

A tag is a simple way of labelling items so they are easy to sort and retrieve electronically. For example if you’re bookmarking www.abc.com.au/sport, you might tag it as 'sports' or 'sports news'....

A 'unit of learning' is an abstract term used to refer to any delimited piece of education or training, such as a course, a module, a lesson, etc. It is noted that a 'unit of learning' represents...

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international consortium where member organizations, a full-time staff, and the public work together to develop standards for the World Wide Web. W3C's...

A widget (or control) is a graphical interface component that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box. Widgets are sometimes qualified as virtual to distinguish them from their ...

A Webinar is a seminar which is conducted over the World Wide Web. It is a type of web conferencing. In contrast to a Webcast, which is transmission of information in one direction only, a webinar is ...

A Wiki (pronounced weekee) is a website or similar online resource which allows users to add and edit content collectively through a simple web browser. The term Wiki also refers to the collaborative ...