Some new acronyms and some new definitions
Susana García Prudencio
When talking about technology and foreign language education many acronyms and definitions jump into the scene. Many times you are not sure about this new terminology, above all when you are novel in this fascinating field. That's why my first words in this section account for the meaning of these abbreviations and these new definitions.
ICALL: Intelligent Computer Assisted Language Learning
CMC: Computer-Mediated Communication
SCMC: Synchronous Computer-Mediated Communication
ACMC: Asynchronous Computer-Mediated Communication
NCI: Networked Collaborative Interaction
WELL: Web-Enhanced Language Learning
ICFLL: Internet-Mediated Intercultural Communication in Foreign Language
MOO: Multiuser domain Object Oriented
CACD: Computer-Assisted Clasroom Discussion
Blog - a user generated website where entries are made in journal style and displayed in a reverse chronological order. (Wikipedia).
Vlog - or Videoblog- (a portmanteau combining video, web, and log) is a blog that includes video. (Wikipedia).
Wiki - a website that allows the visitors themselves to easily add, remove, and otherwise edit and change available content, and typically without the need for registration. (Wikipedia). Wikis are great for collaboration projects. (Class notes).
Podcast - a media file that is distributed by subscription (paid or unpaid) over the Internet using syndication feeds, for playback on mobile devices and personal computers. (Wikipedia).
Video podcast - (sometimes shortened to vidcast or vodcast) is a term used for the online delivery of video on demand video clip content via Atom or RSS enclosures. (Wikipedia).
Wiki Farm - is a server or a collection of servers that provides wiki hosting, or a group of wikis hosted on such servers. (Wikipedia).
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