News
Revolutionary times for the learning management industry
In a recent presentation, Graham Sherry successfully showed just how much times have changed - more importantly the need to keep with the times.
Glossary
Blog
A website where entries are made in a similar fashion to a journal or diary, however the main difference is that entries are displayed in reverse chronological order.
Informal learning
Not planned or formally designed learning.
Learning Management System
An LMS is a software package that facilitates management and delivery of learning content to learners.
Online Communities
A group of people with a similar interest who particpate and interact through an online web application.
Podcasts
A podcast is a media file that is distributed over the internet using RSS feeds.
RSS
RSS stands for Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication. It is an XML file that provides an open method of aggregating and syndicating web content. Users can have regularly updated content delivered to them via news (or feed) readers.
The BBC have a useful article on RSS Feeds.
Software as a Service (SaaS)
Historically companies needed their own infrastructure to run software. Software as a service essentially means individuals or organisations pay to use the software rather than owning it. This leaves issues such as hosting, maintenance, disaster recovery and scalability to the software provider.
Wiki
A web application that allows users to add, edit or remove content.