- computers as interactive teaching devices

The environment can be web-based and accessed through a portal or software-based and require a downloadable executable file. Just like in a real-world classroom, a student in a virtual classroom participates in synchronous instruction, which means that the teacher and students are logged into the virtual learning environment at the same time.

Synchronous online classes are those that require students and instructors to be online at the same time. Lectures, discussions, and presentations occur at a specific hour. All students must be online at that specific hour in order to participate.

Asynchronous classes are just the opposite. Instructors provide materials, lectures, tests, and assignments that can be accessed at any time. Students may be given a timeframe –usually a one week window – during which they need to connect at least once or twice. But overall, students are free to contribute whenever they choose.

- an inverted method of instruction where teaching and learning take place online; outside of the class, while homework is

done in the classroom.

• Essentials of Educational Technology: (Part of the Essentials ofClassroom Teaching Series) by James E. Schwartz (book)

• http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/03/14-technology-concepts-every-teacher.html

• http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/03/14-technology-concepts-every-teacher.html

• http://www.slideshare.net/radame/concepts-of-educational-technology-1636938

• http://thejournal.com/articles/2010/09/16/the-5-keys-to-educational-technology.aspx

• http://education.laws.com/educational-technology