"Mobile learning." Delivery of training programs on wireless devices such as cell phones, PDAs, personal players (e.g., iPods) and sometimes includes laptops.

"Data about other data." Metadata describes the content of an item or other information about the item.

Also spelled meta tag. A specific item of metadata, often used as a means of indexing content, or as a key word for searching.

Acronym: Managed Learning Environment. The information systems and processes of a university (including VLE) that contribute in any way to learning and its management. See ILS.

Acronym: Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game.

A representation of a system; a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process; a representative form or pattern.

File compression format for Apple QuickTime (currently based on the MPEG 4 standard). This multimedia container file format supports digitally encoded audio, video and text streams.

MPEG-2

MPEG-4

A digitized video file format. Largely being replaced by "Real Video" and the Microsoft Media Player.

Standard for generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information. MPEG-2 is the core of most digital television and DVD formats

Collection of methods for compression of audio and video data, originally defined in 1988 as a standard for audio and video coding formats. Used for web (streaming media) and CD distribution, voice, and broadcast television applications.

Integration of different media, including text, graphics, audio, video and animation, in one program or application.