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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The amount of working memory that is available to a learner to process new information and that is taken up at a given time by a learning task






2. The interest - or value - that instructional materials or activities have for the learner.






3. A target language - or language of study - when the language being studied is spoken mainly in other countries






4. In cognitive load theory - cognitive processes that are required for making sense of material a person is trying to learn can overwhelm learner's cognitive capacity unless strategies are in place to handle it by learning theorist Robert Gagné as bein






5. The belief system that holds that humans construct all knowledge in their minds by participating in certain experiences; knowledge is the result of constructing both mechanisms for learning and one's own unique version of the knowledge - colored by b






6. Computer programs used to develop multimedia or Web applications; programs used to create documents utilizing point and click features but require some knowledge of the program; authoring programs such as Adobe Flash can be used to create multimedia






7. A system of information representation in which the information-text - graphics - animation - audio - and/or video is stored in interlinked nodes; software that allows information stored in various media or various parts of media to be connected (oft






8. Either software or devices with software that help carry out complex numeric calculations involved in higher-level math problems (e.g. - Maple)






9. A compression standard that produces compressed - high-quality audio files. To create an MP3 file - you need a program that copies a song from a CD or download from the Internet to your hard drive - and an encoder to convert the file to the MP3 forma






10. A collection of a person's work products over time - arranged so that he or she and others can see how skills have developed and progressed - and presented in an electronic form such as a website or multimedia product; websites created by students to






11. Research finding that formats that are beneficial for one group have a negative impact on a group with the opposite characteristic






12. Digitally encoded information permanently recorded on a compact disc; Also known as compact disc - read-only memory. It is a compact disc used to store computer data. CD-ROMs have a maximum capacity of 650MB.






13. In a browser - a set of Internet locations or URLs organized so that a user can return to them quickly






14. An object-oriented scripting language that - like Java - is used to create dynamic websites






15. Classroom display that allow teachers or students to interact with the computer through a touch sensitive board on which the computer screen is projected.






16. High definition DVD format






17. The smallest amount of information that the CPU can deal with; a single binary digit.






18. A type of instructional activity that leads students to want to learn and to put in the effort required for learning.






19. Text used to name parts of an electronic spreadsheet.






20. The continuous evaluation of instruction before - during - and after implementation - which leads to continual revision and modification in order to increase student learning.






21. Combines detailed information about a subject area and common student mistakes with a model of student performance to diagnose a given student's level of understanding. Also provides instruction designed to meet that student's individual needs. Somet






22. A statement that likens something new to something familiar. Analogies are typically used either to make abstract information more concrete or to organize complex information.






23. An activity completed during a lesson to help students learn. There are five types of instructional activities: motivation - orientation - information - application - and evaluation activities.






24. Applying scientific knowledge about human learning to the practical tasks of teaching and learning; the subset of educational technology that deals directly with teaching and learning applications (as opposed to educational administrative application






25. An asynchronous communication medium in which two or more individuals exchange messages using personal computers connected via a network or telephone lines.






26. In Adobe Flash - an advanced authoring environment for creating content for the web - a mobile - or virtually any digitalplatform






27. Software that enables the user to enter - edit - store - retrieve - sort - and search through computer databases.






28. Short for 'web log -' a web page that serves as a publicly accessible location for discussing a topic or issue; began as personal journals and expanded to become public discussion forums in which anyone can give opinions on a topic






29. Groups of people who 'meet -' usually via email - webpages - or other electronic means - to support each other's learning; in distance education - strategic - ongoing efforts by the instructor to encourage student-to-student interaction - as well as






30. Guidelines limiting the rights of copyright holders and allowing portions of copyrighted materials to be used for educational purposes; guidelines for portion - time - amount - and distribution of copyrighted materials for educational purposes.






31. A small pictorial or graphical representation of a computer hardware function or component - or a computer software program - commonly associated with a graphical user interface.






32. The use of the computer in the management of instruction - including applications such as student record keeping - performance assessment - and monitoring students' progress.






33. A series of steps needed to solve a particular problem or perform a particular task; a methodical - logical rule or procedure that guarantees solving a particular problem. Contrasts with the usually speedier -- but also more error-prone -- use of heu






34. A distance education technology that uses a speakerphone to extend a basic telephone call and permits instruction and interaction between individuals or groups at two or more locations.






35. Storage inside the computer. The CPU in a personal computer retrieves and deposits information in the computer's internal memory. Also called main memory.






36. Previously created graphics designed to be added to word processing or desktop publishing documents or to computer-based instruction.






37. The purpose of interlacing is to have a partial image initially appear on screen rather than having to wait for the entire image to download. The main advantage of interlacing is that end users know what type of graphic image they are about to view a






38. A mathematical expression that directs an electronic spreadsheet to perform various kinds of calculations on the numbers entered in it; in a spreadsheet - a command inserted in a cell and used to do calculations on data






39. A portion of the instructional objective that indicates the standards that define acceptable performance.






40. A school specialist who helps students and teachers to become effective users of ideas and information by providing access to materials - providing instruction - and working with teachers to design learning strategies to meet the needs of individual






41. An image format that allows transfer of artwork between any software packages that use PostScript printing files; a vector graphics file format.






42. A special education law that requires schools to educate students with disabilities in least restrictive environments to the greatest extent of their abilities using plans tailored to the individual needs of the students.






43. An assessment instrument consisting of a series of statements with which students indicate their degree of agreement or disagreement; created by psychologist Rensis Likert






44. Use of online systems to access personal data in order to accomplish identity theft and do other malicious acts






45. Can be either software that supports the on-screen creation of music scores with several parts or tracks - or a hardware component of a music synthesizer workstation






46. Multiuser dungeon (or dimension or domain); a location on the Internet where several users at a time can interact with each other's avatars (graphic representations of each other); also known as a MUD Object Oriented or MOO






47. Types of computer systems identified by their operating systems - e.g. - PCs with Windows operating systems or Macintoshes with Mac-OS operating systems






48. The term describes the data-carrying capacity of a transmission line. In other words - how much data flows on a given transmission path. It can apply to network connections - system buses - or any 'pipe' through which data pours. High-bandwidth conne






49. Customized keyboards created for users with special needs (e.g. - enlarging the keys to provide more space for the student to press a key; removing keys that are not relevant for a given software; programming multi-step functions like save - print -






50. A revision of the HTML standard that provides many of the features of a Flash environment without using Flash