1. IT = Information technology (IT) is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications.
Referent http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_and_communications_technology
2. ICT = Information and communications technology(ICT) is now also used to refer to the merging (convergence) of audio-visual and telephone networks with computer networks through a single cabling or link system.2. ICT = Information and communications technology(ICT) is now also used to refer to the merging (convergence) of audio-visual and telephone networks with computer networks through a single cabling or link system.
Referent http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_technology
3. CAI = computer-assisted instruction (CAI) is a program of the Promise Foundation, a US non-profit organization that works with the children of migrant families in both rural and urban China.
Referent http://www.cai-china.org/site/
4. CALL = Computer-assisted language learning (CALL) is succinctly defined in a seminal work by Levy (1997: p. 1) as "the search for and study of applications of the computer in language teaching and learning".
Referent http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-assisted_language_learning
5. WBI = The Web-based instruction is the process of interface between the current technologies and theinstructional design process to increase the efficiency of learning and overcome problems associated withotherwise having to give instruction at specific time and place.
Referent http://www.rd.ru.ac.th/journal/
6. CMC = Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) is the process by which people create, exchange, and perceive information using networked telecommunications systems (or non-networked computers) that facilitate encoding, transmitting, and decoding messages.
Referent http://www.december.com/john/study/cmc/what.html
7. CBI = Computer-based learning in education refers to using computers as a central part of the educational experience. Teachers use educational websites and software to enhance daily classroom curriculum.
Referent http://www.ehow.com/facts_6081722_computer_based-instruction-education_.html
8. TELL = Technology-Enhanced Language-Learning (TELL) in an increasingly globalised world. It is not a technical paper in thesense that it will deal with methodological or software issues.
Referent http://www.stc.arts.chula.ac.th/ITUA/Papers_for_ITUA_Proceedings/Andrew-Lian.pdf
9. MUD = A MUD (originally Multi-User Dungeon, with later variants Multi-User Dimension and Multi-User Domain) is a multiplayer real-time virtual world, with the term usually referring to text-based instances of these.
Referent http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUD
10. MOO = MOO (MUD Object Oriented) un sofisticato programma informatico che permette a più utenti di collegarsi da remoto, normalmente via Internet, ad un ambiente condiviso che contiene stanze ed oggetti, all'interno di esso è quindi possibile interagire, sia con l'ambiente che con gli altri utenti, in tempo reale.
Referent http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOO
