Vocabulary


 * cloud computing**: use and access of multiple server-based computational resources via a digital network ([|WAN], Internet connection using the World Wide Web, etc.). Cloud users may access the server resources using a computer, netbook, pad computer, smart phone, or other device. In cloud computing, applications are provided and managed by the cloud server and data is also stored remotely in the cloud configuration. Users do not download and install applications on their own device or computer; all processing and storage is maintained by the cloud server. The on-line services may be offered from a [|cloud provider] or by a private organization. [|Wikipedia]

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 * mash-up**: digital media content containing any or all of [|text], [|graphics], [|audio], [|video] and [|animation] drawn from pre-existing sources, to create a new derivative work. . . Digital mashups represent a new phase in the re-use of existing works not so much conceptually as in ease of use. . .A major contributing factor to the spread of digital mashups is of course the World Wide Web, which provides channels both for acquiring source material and for distributing derivative works, both often at negligible cost. Current widespread practices of creating digital mashups have raised significant questions of intellectual property and copyright, which have been addressed by [|Lawrence Lessig], among others. While questioning the law, mashups are also questioning the very act of creation. Are the artists creating when they use other individuals' work? How will artists prove their creative input?[| Wikipedia]


 * PLE**: Personal Learning Environments (PLE) are systems that help learners take control of and manage their own learning . This includes providing support for learners to:
 * set their own learning goals
 * manage their learning, both content and process
 * communicate with others in the process of learning ([|Wikipedia])

**R****SS** **Feeds**: most commonly expanded as Really Simple Syndication is a family of [|web feed] formats used to publish frequently updated works—such as [|blog] entries, news headlines, audio, and video—in a standardized format. An RSS document (which is called a "feed", "web feed", or "channel") includes full or summarized text, plus [|metadata] such as publishing dates and authorship. Web feeds benefit publishers by letting them [|syndicate] content automatically. They benefit readers who want to subscribe to timely updates from favored websites or to aggregate feeds from many sites into one place. RSS feeds can be read using [|software] called an "[|RSS reader]", "feed reader", or "[|aggregator]", which can be [|web-based], [|desktop-based], or mobile-device-based. A standardized [|XML] file format allows the information to be published once and viewed by many different programs. The user subscribes to a feed by entering into the reader the feed's [|URI] or by clicking a [|feed icon] in a web browser that initiates the subscription process. [|Wikipedia]


 * widget**: a small application that can be installed and executed within a web page by an end user. They are derived from the idea of [|code reuse]. . . Widgets often take the form of on-screen tools (clocks, event countdowns, auction-tickers, stock market tickers, flight arrival information, daily weather etc.). [|Wikipedia]

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