- Cyberspace
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The nebulous "place" where humans interact over computer networks; term coined by William Gibson in Neuromancer.
Source: Learning Circuits
- Database
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A collection of information stored oftentimes in a computerized format. Examples: library catalogs, search engines, financial data, etc.
- De facto standard
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An e-learning specification that has not been officially established by an accrediting agency but that is accepted and used as a standard by a majority of practitioners.
Source: Learning Circuits
- Default
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A setting that the computer system uses automatically, unless it is changed by the user.
Source: Learning Circuits
- Deliverables
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Project deliverables means the reports, requests for payments and financial statements referred to in Article 4 of this grant agreement and Article 4 of this Annex as well as any element designated as such in Annex I to this grant agreement.
Source: European Commission
- Delivery
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Any method of transferring content to learners, including instructor-led training, Web-based training, CD-ROM, books, and more.
Source: Learning Circuits
- deployPROMIS
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The project funded by the European Commission eTEN, to market PROMIS in 5 countries.
Source: PROMIS@Service Sarl
- Desktop videoconferencing
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Videoconferencing on a personal computer.
Source: Learning Circuits
- Development
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1) Learning or other types of activities that prepare a person for additional job responsibilities and/or enable him to gain knowledge or skills.
2) The creation of training materials or courses, as in content development or e-learning development. Source: Learning Circuits
- Dial-up service
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A common method of connecting to the Internet. A user's modem dials up to a service provider, through which an Internet connection is established.
- Digital
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An electrical signal that varies in discrete steps in voltage, frequency, amplitude, locations, and so forth. Digital signals can be transmitted faster and more accurately than analog signals.
Source: Learning Circuits
- Digital Divide
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The gap that exists between those who can afford technology and those who cannot.
Source: Learning Circuits
- Disc/Disk
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See floppy disk or CD-ROM.
Source: Learning Circuits
- Discussion boards
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Forums on the Internet or an intranet where users can post messages for others to read.
Source: Learning Circuits
- Disk drive
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The part of a computer that reads and writes data onto either a floppy disk, a hard disk, or an optical disk (CD, CD-ROM, DVD, DVD-ROM, WORM, and so forth).
Source: Learning Circuits
- Dissemination
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Dissemination, means the disclosure of knowledge by any appropriate means other than the publication resulting from the formalities for protecting the knowledge, for the purposes of promoting technical progress.
Source: European Commission
- Distance education
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Educational situation in which the instructor and students are separated by time, location, or both. Education or training courses are delivered to remote locations via synchronous or asynchronous means of instruction, including written correspondence, text, graphics, audio- and videotape, CD-ROM, online learning, audio- and videoconferencing, interactive TV, and FAX.
Distance education does not preclude the use of the traditional classroom. The definition of distance education is broader than and entails the definition of e-learning. Source: Learning Circuits
- Distance learning
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The desired outcome of distance education. The two terms are often used interchangeably.
Source: Learning Circuits
- DNS
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Abbreviation for Domain Name System. A distributed client-server database system which links domain names with their numerical IP adresses.
- Documents (structure) A6
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Internally produced and externally supplied documents and data which relate to the operational management of the organisation – whether controlled and uncontrolled.
Can include any document produced by a software application.
Source: PROMIS@Service Sarl
- Domain name
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The name of a computer or server on the Internet in the form of a string of names or numbers, separated by periods.
- Download
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(noun) A file that is transferred or copied to a user s computer from another connected individual computer, a computer network, a commercial online service, or the Internet.
(verb) To transfer or copy a file to a user s computer from another connected individual computer, a computer network, a commercial online service, or the Internet. Source: Learning Circuits
- DS (Digital Signal)
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The rate and format of a digital signal, for example, DS-1 or DS-3. Often used synonymously with T, as in T1 or T3, although the T technically refers to the type of equipment. See T1 and T3.
Source: Learning Circuits
- DSL (digital subscriber line)
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A broadband Internet access method that sends data over standard phone lines at speeds up to 7 Mbps. DSL is available to subscribers who live within a certain distance of the necessary router.
Source: Learning Circuits
- Duration of the project
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means the period of performance of the project as referred to in Article 2.1 of this grant agreement.
Source: European Commission
- DVD (digital versatile disc)
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Optical disks that are the same size as CDs but are double-sided and have larger storage capacities.
Source: Learning Circuits
- DVI (digital video interactive)
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A format for recording digital video onto compact disk, allowing for compression and full-motion video.
Source: Learning Circuits
- E-commerce
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The conducting of business communication and transactions over networks and through computers. As most restrictively defined, electronic commerce is the buying and selling of goods and services, and the transfer of funds, through digital communications.
However eCommerce also includes all inter-company and intra-company functions (such as marketing, finance, manufacturing, selling, and negotiation) that enable commerce and use electronic mail, EDI, file transfer, fax, video conferencing, workflow, or interaction with a remote computer.
- E-learning (electronic learning)
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Term covering a wide set of applications and processes, such as Web-based learning, computer-based learning, virtual classrooms, and digital collaboration. It includes the delivery of content via Internet, intranet/extranet (LAN/WAN), audio- and videotape, satellite broadcast, interactive TV, CD-ROM, and more.
Source: Learning Circuits
- E-mail
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Abbreviation for electronic mail. A letter or memo sent to a person or group electronically on the Internet.
- E-mail address
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A user's electronic mailbox name or address, needed for linking the sender of e-mail and the recipient.
- E-training
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See TBT.
Source: Learning Circuits
- Echo cancellation
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The process of eliminating the acoustic echo in a videoconferencing room.
Source: Learning Circuits
- Element
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A myPROMIS element is a container and/or object.Elements can have a dual role where they are an object with attributes such as ‘furniture’ but are also a container for subordinate containers or objects such as chairs or a chair.
The concept of an Element allows hierarchies of similar objects (families) to be assessed and controlled as a generic group while still permitting novel aspects of subordinate objects to be assessed individually. Source: PROMIS@Service Sarl
- Eligible costs
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the costs referred to in Articles 14 and 15 of this Annex, in compliance with the conditions set out in Articles 13.1 to 13.7 thereof.
Source: European Commission
- Email list
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A form of one-to-many communication using email; a software program for automating mailing lists and discussion groups on a computer network.
Source: Learning Circuits
- End user
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The person for whom a particular technology is designed; the individual who uses the technology for its designated purpose. In e-learning, the end user is usually the student.
Source: Learning Circuits
- End-to-end solution
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A marketing term used by large e-learning suppliers; meant to imply that their products and services will handle all aspects of e-learning.
Source: Learning Circuits
- Enterprise-wide e-learning
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E-learning that is intended for all or most employees within a company. It is often part of a strategic change of direction with a very short timeline, but is also used to support a core process such as sales.
Source: Learning Circuits
- EPSS (electronic performance support system)
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1) A computer application that is linked directly to another application to train or guide workers through completing a task in the target application.
2) More generally, a computer or other device that gives workers information or resources to help them accomplish a task or achieve performance requirements. Source: Learning Circuits
- Ergonomics
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Design principles relating to the comfort, efficiency, and safety of users.
Source: Learning Circuits
- ERP (enterprise resource planning)
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A set of activities supported by application software that helps a company manage such core parts of its business as product planning, parts purchasing, inventory management, order tracking, and customer service. Can also include modules for finance and HR activities.
The deployment of an ERP system can involve considerable business process analysis, employee retraining, and new work procedures. Source: Learning Circuits
- Ethernet
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A type of local area network, originally developed at Xerox, in which computers communicate through radio frequency signals sent over coaxial cable.
Source: Learning Circuits
- Evaluation
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Any systematic method for gathering information about the impact and effectiveness of a learning offering. Results of the measurements can be used to improve the offering, determine whether the learning objectives have been achieved, and assess the value of the offering to the organization.
Source: Learning Circuits
- Evidence Based
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When one says that a form of knowledge is evidence based it means, that is has gone through a rigorous peer review process to ensure that any outcomes or results that are attributed are valid.
- Expenditure
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means total actual costs of the project including any eligible and noneligible cost, which is necessary for the project and actually spent by a beneficiary or a member during the duration of the project.
Source: European Commission
- Exploitation (Use)
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Use (Exploitation), means the direct or indirect utilisation of knowledge in research activities or for developing, creating and marketing a product or process or for creating and providing a service.
Source: European Commission
- Extensibility
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The ability to expand and adapt an e-learning application or infrastructure by adding features, components, or services to a core set of capabilities.
Source: Learning Circuits
- Extranet
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A local-area network (LAN) or wide-area network (WAN) using TCP/IP, HTML, SMTP, and other open Internet-based standards to transport information. An extranet is only available to people inside and certain people outside an organization, as determined by the organization.
Source: Learning Circuits
- F2F (face-to-face)
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Term used to describe the traditional classroom environment. Also see ILT.
Source: Learning Circuits
