Learning Media Glossary (Clive Shephard)

A way for more than two participants to engage in a telephone conversation, using mobile phones or land lines. Requires the support of a teleconferencing service that allows multiple participants to join a call. Could be used in a learning context for any kind of real-time group activity that does not require face-to-face contact.

In its non-interactive form, television is a medium for delivering live or recorded moving pictures and sound off-air or via a DVD or VCR. In a learning context, television can be used as a means for transmitting educational programming (a la the Open University) or as a stimulus for informal learning.

A printed book containing formal learning content.

Standard voice communication between two parties using land lines or mobile telephones. In a learning context, could be employed to allow tutor-learner or learner-learner contact.