Acronym: Information and Communication Technologies. Synonymous with IT (Information Technology).

A non-profit professional association for the advancement of technology.

Acronym: Integrated Learning System. Software, hardware, and network system used for instruction. Provides LMS services, often including assessments, record keeping, report writing, and user information files. See MLE.

Instructor-led training. May take place in a physical classroom or over an Internet connection.

Global, non-profit member organization that strives to enable the growth and impact of learning technologies in the education and corporate learning sector worldwide.

Learning that takes place independently from instructor-led and online programs.

Rules and structure that set the organization, categorization, and storage of online content for a particular application or Web site.

As a general term, IT infrastructure consists of the equipment, systems, software, and services used in common across an organization, regardless of mission/program. More specifically it refers to the assets needed to support a particular application or use.

Generically, team member who applies learning theory to the organization and design of instructional programs.

A program or application feature that requires the learner to do something.

Older of two methods for rendering video. Displays consist of lines of video across the screen, with odd-numbered lines and even- numbered lines being refreshed alternately. This can cause distortion and flickering. The newer method is progressive video.

Acronym: Instructional Systems Designer or Instructional Systems Design

Acronym: International Organization for Standardization, a non-governmental organization (NGO). The world's largest developer and publisher of International Standards.

Acronym: Information Technology. Synonymous with ICT.