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Index of terms

Offline Learning (Offline study)

The option to download content or a course to a device (tablet, mobile phone) and study it without an internet connectio...

Offline operation

The ability to use materials or courses even without an internet connection; data is synchronised once the connection is...

On-premises

Running software (e.g. an LMS) on the customer’s own servers, rather than using an external cloud or hosting service.

Onboarding

The process of familiarising new employees with the company, often in the form of introductory courses (e.g. on corporat...

Online teaching

Teaching conducted via the internet, either in real time or asynchronously.

Open-ended question

A student’s free-form response (longer text) assessed manually by a teacher or using AI

Open-source

Software with publicly available source code (e.g. Moodle). In e-learning, it enables user customisation and community s...

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