Learning Resources

Learning Tools (hereinafter, the Lectio) is the second lesson part of the Learning Management lesson that introduces its participants to learning environments and related topics.

WorldOpp Pipeline

This lesson belongs to the Introduction to Education session of the CNM Cyber Orientation. The Orientation is the second stage of the WorldOpp Pipeline.

Content

The predecessor lectio is Educational Formats.

Key terms

Learning tool. Any tool helpful in learning. Those tools may include (a) printed materials such as books, textbooks, handouts, articles, study guides, technical documentation; (b) audio materials such as audio files, collections, or natural experiences; (c) graphic materials such as illustrations, charts, real objects, photographs; (d) audiovisual materials such as video files, collections, natural and/or multimedia experiences; (e) special software such as managed learning environments, MOOCs, document collaboration systems, learning games, etc.

• Course. A path of something. In the United States, a course is a quantifiable unit of instruction and refers to a course of study of one subject within one academic term. In education, generally, a course of study refers to the academic major. At learning management systems, a course refers to one standalone educational unit that requires a separate enrollment and identifies quantifiable criteria for its completion.
• MOOC. A kind of computer-aided education that represents a massive open online course aimed at unlimited participation and open access via World Wide Web.
• Learning management system. A software system such as CNM Cert for the administration, documentation, tracking, reporting and delivery of educational courses, training programs, or learning and development programs. Usually, this system is built on e-learning software such as CNM Certware.
• Document collaboration system. A software system such as CNM Wiki for collaborative design, development, and storage of textual documents. Usually, this system is built on one or more wiki engines such as CNM Wikiware.

Script

Learning tools are the wide variety of tools that are helpful in learning. Books, textbooks, handouts, articles, study guides, and technical documentation are examples of printed materials. Other learning tools include audio, graphic, audiovisual materials, and multimedia experiences, as well as special software such as managed learning environments, MOOCs, document collaboration systems, learning games, etc.

MOOC is a kind of computer-aided education that represents a massive open online course aimed at unlimited participation and open access via World Wide Web.

In the United States, a course is a quantifiable unit of instruction and refers to a course of study of one subject within one academic term. In education, generally, a course of study refers to the academic major. At learning management systems, a course refers to one standalone educational unit that requires a separate enrollment and identifies quantifiable criteria for its completion.

A learning management system is a software system such as CNM Cert for the administration, documentation, tracking, reporting and delivery of educational courses, training programs, or learning and development programs. Usually, this system is built on e-learning software such as CNM Certware.

Finally, document collaboration systems aid collaborative design, development, and storage of textual documents.

Learning Arrangements is the successor lectio.