ENG529 Glossary

1. Acquire: learn or develop (a skill, habit or quality).
2. Aficionados: a person who is very knowledgeable and enthusiastic about an

activity, subject, or pastime.

3. Avatars: an icon or figure representing a particular person in a video game,

internet forum, etc.

4. Assessment: the action of assessing someone or something.
5. Asynchronous: not existing or occurring at the same time.
6. Audio graphic: The use of telecommunication technology to transmit audio

and (prepared or real-time) graphics together.

7. Accessible: able to be reached or entered.
8. Affiliations: the state or relation of being closely associated or affiliated with

a particular person, group, party, company, etc.

9. Autonomy: the quality or state of being self-governing

10. Annotations: short explanation or note added to a text or image, or the

act of adding short explanations or notes.

11. Anticipated: regards as probable; expect or predict.

12. Audiovisual: is electronic media possessing both a sound and a visual

component, such as slide-tape presentations, films & television programs.

13. Analogous: comparable in certain respects, typically in a way which

makes clearer the nature of the things compared.

14. Algorithm: a process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or

other problem-solving operations, especially by a computer.

15. Applied linguistics: is an interdisciplinary field which identifies,

investigates, and offers solutions to language-related real-life problems. 16. Anecdotal: based on or consisting of reports or observations of usually

unscientific observers.

17. Burgeoning: beginning to grow or increase rapidly; flourishing.

18. Blog: is a frequently updated web page used for personal commentary

or business content.

19. Bibliophile: a person who collects or has a great love of books.

20. Blended learning: technology-mediated instruction, web-enhanced

instruction, or mixed-mode instruction.

21. Contemporary: a person or thing living or existing at the same time as

another.

22. Collaboration: the action of working with someone to produce

something.

23. Cognitive limitations: limited skills related to planning, decision-

making, and coping.

24. Constellations: a group of stars forming a recognizable pattern that is

traditionally named after its apparent form or identified with a mythological

figure.

25. Consolidation: the action or process of making something stronger or

more solid.

26. Cost-effectiveness: Cost-effectiveness means that the product meets all

of the desired specifications at a price that is competitive.

27. Curriculum: the subjects comprising a course of study in a school or

college.

28. Cognitive: of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual

activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering). 29. Concordance: is an alphabetical list of the principal words used in a

book or body of work / agreement or consistency.

30. Criterion: a principle or standard by which something may be judged

or decided.

31. Digitization: the process of converting information into a digital

format.

32. Dyadic: of or consisting of a dyad; being a group of two.

33. Enthusiasm: intense and eager enjoyment, interest, or approval.

34. E-books: an electronic version of a printed book that can be read on a

computer or a specifically designed handheld device.

35. Ecology: the study of the relationships and their physical environment.

36. Encompassing: include / comprehend.

37. Embedded: existing or firmly attached within something or under a

surface.

38. Epistemological: relating to the theory of knowledge.

39. Extrapolate: to estimate something or form an opinion about

something.

40. E-Assessment: evaluation that is created, written, delivered and

marked with technology.

41. Emergentism: the belief in emergence, particularly as it involves

consciousness and the philosophy of mind.

42. Fictionally: of, relating to, characterized by, or occurring in fiction :

invented by the imagination.

43. Fantasy‐inspired: To form or conceive fancifully or fantastically; form

a mental picture of; imagine.