Terms to know

Blended learning: Combines online delivery of educational content with the best features of classroom interaction and live instruction to personalize learning.

Online learning: Removes the traditional boundaries of time and location. You are not required to be in a physical classroom and can set your own pace and choose the most convenient time and place to study.

E-learning: Education via the Internet, network, or standalone computer. It is essentially the network-enabled transfer of skills and knowledge. Also, E-learning refers to using electronic applications and processes to learn.

Learning management system (LMS): Is a software application or Web-based technology used to plan, implement, and assess a specific learning process. Typically, a learning management system provides an instructor with a way to create and deliver content, monitor student participation, and assess student performance. A learning management system may also provide students with the ability to use interactive features.

Netiquette: Is a collection of social conventions which dictate the way in which people interact with each other on the Internet. The term "etiquette" is like social etiquette in real life. 

CALL:  Is an acronym for Computer Assisted Language Learning. CALL is a growing field in ILT (Information and Learning Technology) with a wide selection of applications; reference works, study and research tools available as well as plenty of applications targeted at specific English language exams.

D-Learning: A type of education, typically college-level, where students work on their own at home or at the office and communicate with faculty and other students via e-mail, electronic forums, videoconferencing, chat rooms, bulletin boards, instant messaging and other forms of computer-based communication.

Educational technology: Is the study and ethical practice of facilitating learning and improving performance by creating, using, and managing appropriate technological processes and resources.



Comparison between E-learning, Online learning and Blended learning:

E-learning	Online learning	Blended Learning
Applies to (typically) SCORM-compliant, tracked, LMS-oriented learning modules where the presenting objective is to impart knowledge.	It is used to mean converting some of the content of a f2f programme into e-learning, so that the cost of delivering the programme overall could be reduced.	Students usually receive more feedback, and more frequent feedback, from their instructors.
It is used mainly in corporate environments for compliance purposes and in the management of risk, therefore. They are disliked for this reason, and because they are boring.