Definitions
This software platform is used to deliver, track, and manage training or educational courses.
What is a Learning Management System (LMS)?
This acronym stands for a set of rules enabling different software systems to connect and exchange data.
What is API?
This practice involves protecting networks, systems, and programs from digital attacks.
What is Cybersecurity?
This refers to using game design elements like points and badges in learning environments.
What is Gamification?
This overlays digital information on the real world through devices like AR glasses.
What is Augmented Reality (AR)?
This is a centralized database that manages student data, including enrollment, grades, and schedules.
What is a Student Information System (SIS)?
This acronym refers to free and openly licensed teaching and learning materials.
What is OER?
U.S. law that protects the privacy of student education records.
What is FERPA?
A set of rules that allow different software programs to communicate and share data.
What is an API?
This is a fully immersive digital environment for experiential learning.
What is Virtual Reality (VR)?
This process allows users to access multiple applications with one login.
What is Single Sign-On (SSO)?
This acronym is for a U.S. law protecting student education records.
What is FERPA?
U.S. law that protects children under 13 from data collection without consent.
What is COPPA?
A framework for designing flexible learning experiences that accommodate all learners.
What is Universal Design for Learning (UDL)?
A secure, tamper-proof digital ledger technology used for verifying digital credentials.
What is Blockchain in Education?
The delivery of computing services over the internet rather than local servers.
What is Cloud Computing?
This acronym stands for standards ensuring digital content is accessible to individuals with disabilities.
What is WCAG?
An added security layer requiring more than one form of identification for access.
What is MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication)?
This specification tracks learning experiences both online and offline.
What is xAPI (Tin Can API)?
Connected devices that collect and share data to enhance classroom experiences.
What is Internet of Things (IoT) in Education?
This is an online space where teachers and students interact, share resources, and engage in learning.
What is a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)?
This acronym refers to a free or low-cost online course available to large audiences.
What is MOOC?
A standard for exchanging authentication and authorization data between parties.
What is SAML?
Standards for e-learning content to ensure compatibility across LMSs.
What is SCORM?
Processing data closer to where it’s generated to reduce latency.
What is Edge Computing?