E-learning terminology

Accessibility refers to the inclusive practice of removing obstacles that prevent interaction with the contents and activities of e-college for people with disabilities and other difficulties. Teachers and instructional designers should strive to make e-courses clear, easy to understand, and easy to master fully. Students suffering from sensory, intellectual and other disabilities often need the help of digital tools of assistive/assistive technology in order to successfully access and use such content and this should be taken into account.

Active learning is a process during which students are actively involved in building understanding of facts, ideas, and skills through teacher-led tasks and activities, requiring students and teachers to form a dynamic partnership and share responsibility for the learning process (Bonwell and Eison).

Asynchronous learning allows students to carry out activities in the educational process at different times, unlike synchronous learning, in which all students are required to attend a certain lecture or exercise, write a test, take an exam, etc., at the same time. Although the time available to students is not unlimited, the teacher defines a certain period in which the activity must be completed; students still have the flexibility to organize their time and obligations within that period.

Examples of asynchronous learning in classical teaching are reading books, doing homework, preparing a project assignment or seminar, while in online and hybrid teaching, examples of asynchronous teaching are the use of digital teaching materials, solving online tests, communicating via forums, etc.