Electronic learning (or e-Learning or eLearning) is a term where the student and the teacher use online technology to interact and participate. No in-person interaction takes place. E-learning is used interchangeably in a wide variety of contexts. In companies it is referred to the strategies that use the company network to deliver training courses to employees. In the USA, it is defined as a planned teaching/learning experience that uses a wide spectrum of technologies mainly Internet to reach learners at a distance. Lately in most Universities, e-learning is used to define a specific mode to attend a course or programmes of study where the students rarely, if ever, attend face-to-face or for on-campus access to educational facilities, because they study on-line.
Goals of e-learning
E-Learning lessons are generally designed to guide students through information or to help students perform in specific tasks. Along with the terms learning technology, instructional technology, and Educational Technology, the term is generally used to refer to the use of technology in learning in a much broader sense than the computer-based training or Computer Aided Instruction of the 1980s. It is also broader than the terms Online Learning or Online Education which generally refer to purely web-based learning. In cases where mobile technologies are used, the term M-learning has become more common. E-learning, however, also has implications beyond just the technology and refers to the actual learning that takes place using these systems.
E-learning is naturally suited to distance learning and flexible learning, but can also be used in conjunction with face-to-face teaching, in which case the term Blended learning is commonly used.
In this page , I intend to include more than 30 important websites for our dear teachers and students of English. That will help them deal more proficiently with the internet. I am going to write the name of the website, a short description of it and its link that will automatically carry you into the realm of the website you chose to click.
Abbreviations
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net refers to networks |
org refers to an organization
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gov refers to governments
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com refers to commerce
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sy refers to Syria |
edu refers to education
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☺Websites☺
for teachers and students
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/brainstorming
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This website teaches you how to reach solutions of problems through brainstorming your students. |
Brainstorming العصف الذهني |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map
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This website provides the net user with a free tool that helps construct a mind map. |
Mind Map الخارطة الذهنية |
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http://www.4teachers.org/technology/glossary
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This website acquaints you with the most difficult internet terms |
Terminology Glossary |
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This websites provides you with instantaneous different types of data worldwide. |
Worldmeters |
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It connects you with the whole world through sending mails , participations. (Gmail) |
Connection |
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http://www.hattrack.com/page2/en/index.html
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It enables you to review your websites in case there is no line available to you. |
Freeware to mirror a website offline |
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http://webquest.sdsu.edu/aboutwebquests.html
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These websites define webquests and instruct you how to make a webquest to turn your students into net travelers. |
WebQuests الرحلات العرفية |
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http://dir.yahoo.com/Reference/AskanEpert/
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These websites help you communicate with experts on the net. |
Ask an Expert |
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http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/ict/talkingbook.htm
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This website helps you create a talking book through Power Point step by step |
Talking book Library مكتبة الكتاب الناطق |
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http://www.internet4classrooms.com/msword
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This website helps you create a newsletter that develops the creative skills of your students and makes them enter into a world of planning and designing. |
Newsletter النشرة الإخبارية |
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http://www.denhost.com/download.php?a=3197
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These websites instruct how to create and upload your simple webpages |
Creating and uploading a simple webpage |
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This website lets you enter into the world of writing, editing and publishing. It assists parents in searching for ideas and in publishing their civilizational dialogues |
wikipedia موسوعة الويكبيديا
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http://www.bcps.org/offices/oit/UsingExcel.htm http://www.kenanonline.com/page/4386
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This website explain you how to get benefits from Application Software in teaching and learning |
Using Application Software in Teaching and Learning |
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This website helps you form a blog of your own. |
Blogs المدونات |
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http://www.google.com/languagetools?hl=ar
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The first website helps you translate from and into more than 12 languages , including Arabic. The second does not translate from and into Arabic. The number of words to be translated should not exceed 150 . |
Translation Tools |
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http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/
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These websites make you acquainted with a large number of lesson plans . |
Lesson Bank بنك الدروس |
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This website grants you a golden opportunity to publish your achievements, your webpages and your articles or essays for free. |
Diffusion of Innovations (Everett Rogers) نشر الابتكارات |
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http://www.syrianeducation.org/
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The website of the ministry provides you with all the latest news items of the educational process in Syria |
The Ministry of Education in Syria |
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The website of the ministry provides you with all the latest news items of Syrian Universities. |
The Ministry of Higher Education in Syria |
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This is one of the most interesting websites i have ever participated in. It keeps acquainted with the latest news of Al Baath University |
The website of art-en |
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It gives the opportunity to ask any questions you like, discuss your standpoints with other students and doctors |
The forum of art-en منتدى أرتين |
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This website teaches you the basics of phonetics for free. |
Phonetics الصوتيات |
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http://www.damasuniv.shern.net/
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This website provides with the news of the university , its prestigious history and its important role in our Syrian society. |
Damascus University Website |
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http://www.alepuniv.shern.net/main/ar/
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This website provides with the news of the university , its prestigious history and its important role in our Syrian society. |
Aleppo University Website |
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It gives you a space to express your viewpoints and chat with other university students. Remember that you should respect and observe the rules of all forums. |
Aleppo University Forum |
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It gives you a space to express your viewpoints and chat with other university students. Remember that you should respect and observe the rules of all forums.
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Damascus University Forum |
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http://alfuratuniv.net/forums/
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It gives you a space to express your viewpoints and chat with other university students. Remember that you should respect and observe the rules of all forums. |
Al Furat University Forum |
☺Websites☺
Miscellaneous
for good netizens in general
A good netizen is a good and respectable user of the internet.
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http://www.absba.com/modules.php?name=Downloads
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A website that enables you to download as many programs as you want. Games ,calendars, internet programs , programs that teach you English and so on. Surf it ! Trust me! |
Al mushagheb |
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It helps you develop your English with all its four skills. |
The ability to express in English |
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It makes you acquainted with you religious matters. |
Our religion |
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The official website of my lovely city. |
Hama city |
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General knowledge |
Ajeeb |
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It helps you translate the words of English songs. |
Songs in words |