Orientation Workshop - Glossary of terms

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Orientation Workshop - Glossary of terms

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Capacity-building

Increasing people’s abilities, usually their ability to carry out their work, by improving their knowledge and skills

*source: UNESCO ICT Competency Framework for Teachers - Glossary (page 92-94)

Chat (online)

See Online Chat

Competency

The skills, knowledge and understanding needed to do something successfully

*source: UNESCO ICT Competency Framework for Teachers - Glossary (page 92-94)

Computer laboratories

A classroom full of computers so each student has their own computer to work on

*source: UNESCO ICT Competency Framework for Teachers - Glossary (page 92-94)

Course

A programme of study

*source: UNESCO ICT Competency Framework for Teachers - Glossary (page 92-94)

Curriculum

A list of the topics to be learnt in a course of study. (The terms ‘curriculum’ and ‘syllabus’ are used slightly differently in different countries, but essentially they both mean a list of what is to be learnt)

*source: UNESCO ICT Competency Framework for Teachers - Glossary (page 92-94)

Curriculum framework

A set of ideas and principles from which a more detailed curriculum or syllabus can be developed

*source: UNESCO ICT Competency Framework for Teachers - Glossary (page 92-94)

Curriculum standards

The level and extent of the skills, knowledge and understanding which the student is expected to achieve

*source: UNESCO ICT Competency Framework for Teachers - Glossary (page 92-94)