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Digital Learning Environment
The DLO DLE is the digital learning environment: the whole of systems or applications that supports education and learning. Students and teachers use the DLO for many different educational activities such as communication, organizing education and exchanging content. The DLO is a subset of the DLWE.
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The education catalog is the central, generic facility in which the total education modules or products are recorded. These educational products are described by means of a collection of metadata and refer to the place in the qualification structure (taxonomy) to which they relate. The exam activities and products can also be recorded in the education catalog.
Educational services beyond connectivity
The responding organisation provides additional services to educational institutions beside connectivity (fibre, network, wifi, eduroam). These services for example could include: learning management systems (LMS), electronic learning environments (ELE), digital learning environments (DLE), EduID, Blended learning, Badges, digital testing and assessment, learning analytics (LA), online learning, weblecture, transnational education...etc.
EduID
An eduID is an identity owned by a student or researcher, not bound to a specific institution and usable in the research and education domain. It can be used for services or administrative processes delivered by institutions other than their home institution. It is primarily focused on enabling student mobility and flexible education across institutional boundaries. Furthermore, an eduID makes it easier for cooperating institutions to recognize a student and it supports life-long learning use cases.
Electronic learning environment (
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ELE)
Electronic learning environment (ELOELE) can relate to specific digital learning applications (such as Blackboard or Moodle) and to the whole of digital applications for education. When it comes to one application, the term learning management system (LMS) is also used. When it comes to the whole of applications, we prefer the term digital learning environment (DLO).
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