1. Distance
Education - Distance
learning, sometimes called e-learning, is a formalized teaching and learning system specifically designed
to be carried out remotely by using electronic communication.
2. Telemedicine
– Refers to medicine at a distance
3. Internet
Protocol (IP) - the rules used to send
information over the Internet.
The Internet is a packet-switched network, meaning that messages
are divided
into packets that are disassembled and
then sent to the distant site where the
packets are reassembled into the
complete message.
4. Remote Consultation – is the most common telemedicine application and what most
refer to when they use the term telemedicine.
This application implies one health
care provider seeking the advice of a professional colleague or
subspecialist to
resolve a patient’s problem.
5. Remote Monitoring – Is a longstanding
application where the most common use is to access a patient’s vital signs at a
distance using telecommunications technologies
6. Remote
Education – is increasingly important as the geographically concentrated
expertise of a medical unit is redistributed to isolated practice professionals
and professionals in training.
7.
Telementoring - Telementoring is a process that combines the proven practice of
mentoring with the speed and ease of electronic communication, enabling busy
professionals to make significant contributions to the academic lives of
students.
8. Synchronous
Distance Learning - refers
to a learning environment in which everyone takes part at the same time.
Lecture is an example of synchronous learning in a face-to-face environment,
where learners and teachers are all in the same place at the same time.
9. Asynchronous
Distance Education - is a
student-centered teaching method that uses online learning resources to
facilitate information sharing outside the constraints of time and place among
a network of people. Asynchronous learning is based on constructivist
theory, a student-centered approach that emphasizes the importance of
peer-to-peer interactions. This approach combines self-study with asynchronous
interactions to promote learning, and it can be used to facilitate learning in
traditional on-campus education, distance education, and continuing education.
This combined network of learners and the electronic network in which they
communicate are referred to as an asynchronous learning network.
10. Telelaw
– Refers to law at a distance
