Ch.2

Forms of e-Learning all have the following feature:

Stores and transmits lessons on CD-ROM, local internal or external memory, or servers on the Internet or intranet.

​A markup language ​is a language that describes the content and structure of a document by identifying different elements in a document

True

​A group of web designers and programmers called the _____ settled on a set of standards for all browser manufacturers to follow.

World Wide Web Consortium

As some attributes do not require a value, HTML supports _________ in which no value is shown in the document.

attribute minimization

​Identify a grouping element containing content that is derived from another source, often with a citation and often indented on a page.

blockquote

​Early versions of HTML supported presentational _____ and presentational attributes designed to describe how each element should be rendered by web browsers.

elements

​A comment in a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) file appears in the browser window when a page is displayed.

false

​Identify a text-level element that indicates a span of text that expresses an alternative voice or mood.

i

​A network that covers a wider area, such as several buildings or cities, is called a wide area network or WAN.

​True

​Identify a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) embedded element that contains programming scripts used to construct bitmap images and graphics.

​canvas

In Clark and Mayer Chapter 2 the use of technology in e-learning is addressed. Choose the response that best exemplifies the learner-centered approach these researchers espouse:

How can we adapt technology to aid human learning?

Character entity references are inserted using the syntax _____

&char;

​Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML) version _____ is a reformulation of HTML 4.01 in the Extensible Markup language (XML) language in order to provide enforceable standards for HTML content and to allow HTML to interact with other XML languages.

1.0

​Hypertext Markup language (HTML) version _____ added interactive elements, including web forms.

2.0

Hypertext Markup language (HTML) version _____ added support for style sheets to give web designers greater control over page layout and appearance.

4.01

Server

A host that provides information or a service to other devices on the network is known as a _________.

Briefly describe three guidelines for writing good HTML code that potential web page authors should be familiar with.

Become well versed in the history of HTML and various versions of HTML and XHTML. Unlike other languages, HTML history impacts how one writes the html code. Become familiar with what different browsers can and cannot do. Test the code. If the code has to support several types of browsers and several types of devices, get them and use them to view the documents. Do not assume that if the page works in one browser it will work in an older version of that same browser. In addition, a given browser version might even perform differently under different operating systems

Hypertext organizes data through a series of sites users can activate to jump from one piece of information to another

False

​A Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) file is a text file composed only of text characters.

False

​A one-sided tag contains an opening tag that tells the browser to turn a feature on and apply it to the content that follows, and a closing tag that turns off the feature.

False

​Browsers will display items from an ordered list alongside a marker such as a bullet point.

False

​Empty space includes blank spaces, tabs, and line breaks found within the file.

False

​If no doctype is provided in a Hypertext Markup language (HTML) file, browsers render the document in standard mode based on practices followed in the 1990s.

False

​A text-level element does not start out on a new line but flows below the rest of the characters in grouping element. ​

False ​

Learning from e-lessons relies on several key processes: 1. First, the learner must focus on key graphics and words. 2. Second, the learner must rehearse this information in working memory. 3. Third, in order to do the integration work, limited working memory capacity must not be overloaded. What is the fourth key process when learning from e-lessons?

Fourth, new knowledge stored in long-term memory must be retrieved back on the job.

horizontal rule

​An oft-used empty element is _____ element, which marks a major topic change within a section.

Multimedia is defined as the combined use of several media such as sound and full-motion video in computer applications. e-Learning dellivery using multimedia has been steadily ___ over the past decade; going from ___ to ___ to ___ percent.

increasing; 11, 29, 36.5

Character encoding

is the process by which the computer converts text into a sequence of bytes when it stores the text and then converts those bytes back into characters when the text is read.

​Documents on the web stored on web servers are known as web _____.

pages

​Identify a general structure shared by all Uniform Resource Locators (URLs).

scheme:location

​Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) sectioning elements are also known as _____ because the tag name describes the purpose of the element and the type of content it contains.

semantic elements​

e-Learning is defined as

training delivered on a digital device that is designed to support individual learning or organizational performance goals.

​Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML) version _____ is an update to HTML 4.01 that provides support for a variety of new features including semantic page elements, column layout, form validation, offline storage, and enhanced multimedia.

​5.0

​web browser

​A _____ is a software program that retrieves a document from a web server and renders it locally in a form that is readable on a client device.

markup

​A _____ language is a language used to describe the content and structure of documents.

​file server

​A host that provides storage space for saving and retrieving records is called a _____.

LAN

​A network confined to a small geographic area is referred to as a _____.

<aside>

​A sectioning element that marks content related to a main article is _____

Ordered

​A(n) _____ list is used to display information in sequential order.

white-space character

​A(n) ______ includes the blank spaces, tabs, and line breaks found within the file.

absolute path

​A(n) _________ is a path that starts from the root folder and processes down the entire folder structure.

​mailto:address

​An e-mail address can be turned into a hypertext link using the URL _____.