5.18 GLOSSARY

• Collaborative learning- Students working during class in small groups with shared desktop/laptop computers.
• E-learning- referred to as "Internet-Based training" in the beginning and is now addressed as "Web-Based Training".
• NPTEL- gives E-learning through online Web and Video courses in Engineering, Science and Humanities streams. The mission of NPTEL is to upgrade the nature of engineering instruction in the nation by giving free online courseware.
• Spoken Tutorial is an online courseware under (NMEICT) National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology, launched by the Ministry of Human Resources and Development, Government of India. This project is run by IIT Mumbai.
• UGC’s Infonet Digital Library Consortium launched in December 2003 by Honourable Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, then President of India, in the wake of giving the Internet network to colleges, under the UGC-Infonet program. 
• National knowledge network (NKN)- It flawlessly interconnects the main Scientific and Technological establishments that are seeking world-class innovative work. 
• E-Repository- is an important and essential part of the Technology Enabled Learning. E-Repository is an effective and adaptable device for putting away, arranging, 
• Digital book- is a computerized book comprising content, pictures, or both, discernible on PCs or other electronic devices.
• Virtual Classroom - is a kind of classroom connected through Internet where we get technology-enabled Education. It provides a communication environment for distance learners. It is just like conventional face-to-face classroom. A virtual classroom allows learners to attend a class from anywhere in the world. 
• Blogging - is an online journal where you can express your views and ideas. It is a novel way through to reach out millions. There are many common blogs like WordPress, BlogSpot that cover all the dimensions of lifestyle, understanding the subjects, sports, personality, youth, business, job, career guidance, psychological counselling, guidance, motivation, and much more. 
• Lesson on demand - Lesson on Demand is recently a popular way through e-learning on virtual space. There is always a demand for lessons in different forms. Whenever we do need some information on life style, livelihood, essays, dissertations, thesis, we need lessons. There are certain third parties in the market that provide solutions to these issues. 
• NPTEL- National Programme for Technology Enabled Learning is a great initiative of Government of India, a joint venture of IIT and IIMs in collaborative efforts of the Ministry of Human Resources Development. One can access the NPTEL through its website i.e. www.nptel.ac.in, https://www.youtube.com/user/nptelhrd. 
• NROER- The basic objective of NROER is to provide digital resources to all students and teachers of the country. It is also aimed at providing the participation of the community in development and sharing of digital resources. The major objective was to improve the quality of education, standardization of the education. NROER also helps teachers create and share contextual learning and teaching resources. 
• YouTube- It is one of the most popular video sharing websites in the world owned by the Google incorporation. This website is very popular among audiences because of millions of videos covering every aspect be it lifestyle, entertainment, education, knowledge sharing experiences, TV shows, music, movies, etc. 
• Spoken Tutorial- It is an initiative of National Mission on Education by Govt. of India through ICT (NMEICT). It is a rather friendly forum for online discussion, registration to the forum is completely free and hardly takes a few minutes to get registered.  With the initiative from IIT Mumbai, this program is quite popular in the educational institutions across the country. 
• Wiki University- Commonly called Wikiversity, offering more than 20 international languages like French, German, Dutch, Italian, Russian, Portuguese, etc is a knowledge platform in the most popular e-Learning platform.  The common Wiki products are Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikinews, Wikiquotes, Wikibooks, Wikidata, Wikispecies, Wikisources, Wikivoyages, Mediwiki, Metawiki shows the popularity of this eLearning source. 

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