General Terminology

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A

• Accelerated Learning

• Accreditation

• Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL)

• Action Learning Sets

• Action Review

• Action Space

• Active Learning

• Active Listening

• Active Report

• Adaptive Learning

• Adaptive Testing

• Adaptive Management

• Adult Education

• Adult Learning

• Adult Learning Principles

• Advance Distributed Learning

• Advance Organizers

• Advanced Skills

• After Action Review

• Alternative Assessment

• Analytical Applications

• Analytical Approach

• Andragogy

• Anecdote

• Artificial Intelligence

• Assessment

• Assessment Standardization

• Assessment Tool

• Asset Management Mentality

• Asynchronous Communication

• Asynchronous Learning

• Audience Analysis

• Audio Conferencing

• Authoring Tool

• Autonomic Learning

• Avatar

• Award

B

• Backbone Network

• Backward Chaining

• Balanced Scorecard

• Bandwidth

• Behavior Modification

• Behaviorism

• Blended Learning

• Bloom’s Taxonomy

• Bluetooth

• Bookmark

• Branching

• Branch Back

• Bulletin Board

• Bulletin Board System (BBS)

• Business Process Re-Engineering

C

• Capacity Development

• Career Development

• Career Mentoring

• Carousel Brainstorming

• Case Based Reasoning

• Case Study

• Certification

• Change Management

• Chat Room

• Checklist

• Chunking

• Coaching

• Codification

• Cognitive Domain

• Cognitive Engagement

• Cognitive Knowledge

• Cognitivism

• Cohort

• Collaborative Learning

• Collaborative Planning

• Collaborative Tools

• Collaborative Working

• Communities of Interest

• Communities of Practice

• Competence

• Competence Framework

• Competence Analysis

• Competence-Based Instruction

• Comprehension

• Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI)

• Computer Based Training (CBT)

• Computer Conferencing

• Computer Marked Assignments

• Computer Mediated Communication (CMC)

• Computer Simulation

• Confirmative Evaluation

• Constructivism

• Content Management

• Content Management System (CMS)

• Content Standards

• Continuing Education

• Continuing Professional Development

• Control Processes

• Convergent Assessment

• Cooperative Learning

• Coordination Processes

• Core Competencies

• Course Blueprint

• Course Map

• Course Writer

• Credit Accumulation and Transfer Schemes (CATS)

• Criteria

• Criterion-Referenced Assessment

• Critical Incident-Based Learning

• Critical Knowledge Function (CKF)

• Critical Path Analysis

• Cubing

• Customer Capital

D

• Data Conferencing

• Data Dictionary

• Data Mining

• Data Visualization

• De Facto Standard

• Debriefing

• Decision Support Systems (DSS)

• Decision Tree

• Design-Based Learning

• Design Document

• Diagrams

• Dialogic Learning

• Differentiated Instruction

• Dimensions

• Direct Assessment of Learning

• Discretionary Behavior

• Discussion Board

• Distance Learning

• Distributed Implementation

• Divergent Assessment

• Document Management

• Domain-Expert

• Double-Loop Learning

E

• E-Learning

• E-Learning Platforms

• E-Learning Portal

• Electronic Performance Support System (EPSS)

• Embedded Assessment

• Empowerment

• Energizer

• E-Portfolio

• E-Tutoring

• Evaluation

• Executive Information Systems

• Expectational Knowledge

• Experiential Learning

• Experiential Learning Activity (ELA)

• Expert System

• Explicit Knowledge

• Extensibility

F

• Facilitated Learning

• Facilitative Tools

• Facilitator

• Factual Knowledge

• Feedback

• Fishbowl

• Flexible Learning

• Force-Field Assessment Analysis

• Formative Assessment

• Fuzzy Query

G

• Generative Learning

• Generic Skills

• Good Practices

• Ground Rules

• Groupware

H

• Handbooks

• Handout

• Hard Skills

• Human Capital

• Human Performance Technologist

• Humanism

• Hyperlink

• Hypermedia

• Hypertext

I

• Icebreaker

• Individualized Instruction

• Informal Education

• Informal Adult Education

• Information Audit

• Information Life Cycle Management (ILM)

• Information Management

• Information Reporting

• Information Resource Management (IRM)

• Information System

• Innovation

• Instructional Design (ID)

• Instructional Design Software

• Instructional Setting

• Instructional Technology

• Instructor

• Instructor Guide

• Intangible Assets

• Intangible Capital

• Intellectual Assets Management

• Intellectual Capital

• Interactive Activity

• Interactivity

J

• Jisawing

• Job Shadowing

• Just-in-Time Learning

K

• Knowledge

• Knowledge Acquisition

• Knowledge Analysis

• Knowledge Architect

• Knowledge Assets

• Knowledge Audit

• Knowledge Based System

• Knowledge Community

• Knowledge Construction

• Knowledge Driven Decision Support Systems

• Knowledge Management

• Knowledge Management Strategy

• Knowledge Map

• Knowledge Modeling

• Knowledge Organization

• Knowledge Repository

• Knowledge Representation

• Knowledge Service Systems

• Knowledge Services

• Knowledge Sharing

• Knowledge Systems

• Knowledge Transfer

• K-Spot

L

• Leader

• Leadership

• Learner-Centered Approach

• Learning Center

• Learning Community

• Learning Cycle

• Learning Goals

• Learning Management System (LMS)

• Learning Methodologies

• Learning Object

• Learning Objectives

• Learning Opportunity

• Learning Organizations

• Learning Process

• Learning Theory

• Lessons Learned

• Lifelong Learning

M

• Manual

• Mastery Learning

• Mental Models

• Mentoring

• Metacognition

• Metadata

• Methods of Assessment

• Mind Mapping

• Mixed Mode Institution

• Model

• Module

• Motivational Dialogue

• Multilevel Instruction

• Mutual Learning

N

• Needs Assessment

• Networked Learning

• Networking

• Neural Network

• Nominal Group Technique

O

• Objective Assessment

• On-the-Job Training (OJT)

• Online Learning

• Open and Distance Learning (ODL)

• Organization Structure

• Organizational Development (OD)

• Organizational Learning

• Outcome Mapping

• Outcomes

P

• Paradigm Shift

• Participant Guide

• Participant’s Package

• Pedagogy

• Peer Assist

• Peer-to-Peer Assessment

• Peer-to-Peer Network (P2P)

• Performance

• Performance Objective

• Performance Standards

• Personal Development Plan

• Personalization

• Podcasting

• Portfolio

• Portfolio Assessment

• Portfolio Management

• Prescriptive Learning

• Problem-Based Learning (PBL)

• Professional Development

• Program Objectives

• Programmed Instruction

R

• Reflective Learning

• Reliability

• Reporting Tools

• Return on Investment (ROI)

• Reusable Content

• Role Play

• Rubric

S

• Scenario-Based Learning

• SCORM

• Self-Assessment

• Self-Directed Learning

• Self-Education

• Self-Managed Learning

• Self-Motivated Creativity

• Self-Paced Learning

• Self-Reflective Learning

• Self-Study Support

• Share-Pair Circles

• Simulation

• Single-Loop Learning

• Skills

• Social Network

• Social Network Analysis (SNA)

• Soft Outcomes

• Soft Skills

• Specification

• Spider Diagrams

• Stakeholder

• Stakeholder Analysis

• Standards

• Storytelling

• Strategic Learning

• Structural Capital

• Subject Matter Expert (SME)

• Succession Planning

• Summative Assessment

• Synchronous Learning

• System Thinking

• Systems Approach

• Systems Understanding

• SWOT Analysis

T

• Tacit Knowledge

• Tangible Assets

• Taxonomy

• Technical Cooperation

• Theory

• Threaded Discussion

• Topical Outline

• Trainee Guide

• Training Needs

• Training Needs Assessment

• Transferable Skills

• Transformative Learning

• Triple-Loop Learning

• Tutorial

• Tutoring

U

• Unlearning

• Usability

V

• Value-Added

• Value-Added Services

• Venn Diagrams

• Virtual Learning Environments

W

• Web Quest

• Web Based Training

• Webinar

• Whiteboard

• Wiki

• Workplace Assessment

• Workplace Learning