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Icon
A simple symbol representing a complex object, process, or
function. Icon-based user interfaces have the user click on
onscreen buttons instead of typing commands.
ILT
See Instructor Led Training.
Implementation
The fourth step in the classic A-D-D-I-E model of Instructional
System Design. The implementation phase involves the delivery
of the training to the intended audience and the use by that
audience.
Information Architecture
The organization and categorization of online content. The
rules and structure of where and how to store content. Especially
relevant for knowledge management programs and corporate intranets
where users must be able to quickly find desired information.
Instructional Designer
The person who applies instructional learning theory to the
organization and design of learning programs. Many graduate
programs produce these in droves, but some of the best are
routinely self-taught (not to be confused with SME's though!)
Instructional Systems Design
Term describing the systematic use of principles of instruction
to ensure that learners acquire the skills and knowledge essential
for successful completion of overtly specified performance
goals.
Instructor Led Training (ILT)
Training mediated by a live instructor, such as classroom
training or live classes delivered over an web-based conference
system.
Interactivity
An program feature that requires the learner to do something.
Should help to maintain learner interest, provide a means
of practice and reinforcement. Poor quality interactivity
= clicking the right arrow to continue and challenging true/false
questions. Good interactivity = open questions, simulations,
instructional games, tools and calculators. Remember, engage
the mind not the mouse finger!
Internet
The modern network of tens of thousands of interlinked computers,
evolved from the US government's ARPANET project of the 1960's.
The public Internet encompasses the world wide web, the popular
multimedia portion, as well as the e-mail, FTP, gopher, and
other services.
Internet-based Training
The term most commonly used in the mid 1990's to describe
web-based learning programs. Unless you're being intentionally
retro as a fashion statement, "e-learning" is the
hip term today.
Internet Explorer (IE)
The Internet Web browser developed by Microsoft, which is
also the most commonly used browser today. Typically called
just "IE". For example, "Do your students use
IE or Netscape to access the web?"
Internet Service Provider (ISP)
A company that providers Internet access and hosting services.
Intranet
A network owned by an organization that functions like the
public Internet but is secure from outsider access and regulated
by representatives of the organization often called system
administrators.
ISD
See Instructional Systems Design.
ISP
See Internet Service Provider.
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