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EdTech Acronyms Explained

EdTech4Beginners

OER – Open Educational Resource (this can be any online materials that are free to use). VLE – Virtual Learning Environment. MOOC – Massively Open Online Course (an online course which has video lectures, problem solving activities, texts and an online community of fellow learners). NGDLE – Next-generation Digital Learning Environment.

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Technology and Casey Green on campus: Future Trends Forum #3, notes and full recording

Bryan Alexander

Community colleges are much more interested in OER than other sectors. We then dove into the learning management system ( LMS in the US; VLE in Europe ). ( Green wrote about this in November; very worth reading ). When it comes to faculty attitudes towards digital materials, age is, fascinatingly, not an issue.

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