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Communication Tools – It can be anything from Internet to electronic mail
that is used as a method of communication between lecturer and student.
Delivery Tools – Used as methods of delivering notes, exams or assignments
(e.g., File Transfer Protocol and bulletin boards).
Distance Education – The process that delivers interactive and responsive
learning opportunities to learners at a time, place, and in the form appropriate and
convenient to learners (Roger Kaufman, 1995).
Electronic Learning (E-learning) – using the Internet environment to
contribute to the learning process.
File Transfer Protocol –In conjunction with the proper local software, FTP
allows computers connected to the Internet to exchange files, regardless of the type
of computer software.
Internet Relay Chat – Synchronous communication tool that allows people
all over the Internet to communicate with one another in real-time
Network – Interconnected system of computers, terminals and communications
channels and devices.
Synchronous – Synchronous data communication requires that each end of
an exchange of communication respond in turn without initiating a new communication.
A typical activity that might use a synchronous protocol would be a
transmission of files from one point to another. As each transmission is received, a
response is returned indicating success or the need to resend. Each successive
transmission of data requires a response to the previous transmission before a new
one can be initiated.
Telecommunications – The sending of information in any form (e.g., voice,
data, text, images etc.) from one place to another, using electronic media.
Virtual Class – The learning process enabled solely by telecommunications.
World Wide Web (WWW) – It is an information system on the Internet based
on hypertext that offers a great power for an information search and delivery system.
The current feature of WWW includes text, sound, graphics and video.
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