Glossary: eLearning Terms & Definitions
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- 21st Century
- Detailed definition
- 21st Century Schools
- academic performance
- "The percent of eligible (non-exempt) public school students in grades 3 and 8 scoring at the satisfactory or excellent level on curriculum-based assessments in six content areas: reading, writing, language usage, mathematics, science and social studies." Source: http://www.garrettpartnership.org/results/successschool/acidemicdef.htm
- ADA
- Average Daily Attendance
- AEA
- Arizona Education Association
- broadband internet
- "Broadband Internet access, often shortened to "broadband Internet" or just "broadband", is a high data-transmission rate Internet connection." --Source: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadband_Internet_access
- CBT
- Computer Based Training
- chat room
- CLO
- Chief Learning Officer
- coaching
- digital curriculum
- Detailed definition
- Digital Curriculum Institute
- eLearning
- Any learning supported by digital means.
- elearning centered school
- eLearning school
- eportfolio
- eSATS
- eLearning System for AZ Teachers & Students
- events
- Includes events and activities supporting elearning.
- formative assessment
- "Formative assessment is generally carried out throughout a course or project. Formative assessment, also referred to as educative assessment, is used to aid learning. In an educational setting, formative assessment might be a teacher (or peer) or the learner, providing feedback on a student's work, and would not necessarily be used for grading purposes." Source: Wikipedia at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assessment
- forum
- Greater Arizona eLearning Association
- Greater Arizona eLearning Association http://www.gazel.org
- individualized learning
- integrated instructional data system
- ITS
- Intelligent Tutoring Systems
- legacy education
- literacy
- global literacy
- mastery learning
- NAEP
- National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) - http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/
- open source
- research
- Includes research events and activities to support elearning advancement and opportunities.
- scaffolding
- scalable technology
- simulation
- social networking
- summative assessment
- technology
- texts
- transformation
- Beyond reform, restructuring and enhancement to a new system of pedagogy, education and training of the practitioner and tools.
- video
- web search
- Wilson School District
- Wilson School District - http://www.wsd.k12.az.us/









