Introduction unit Uzbekistan and the world: The geography of Uzbekistan Unit 2

Match these words and word expressions with their definitions:

1. Correspondence courses a) Course Management System

2. Telecourses b) to conduct through regular mail with little interaction
3. CD-Rom courses c) the act of enrolling on a course
4. Mobile learning d) where content is delivered via radio or television broadcast
5. Enrolment e) the book for posting and managing student grades
6. CMS f) where the student interacts with static computer content
7. Gradebook g) to learn by phones, PDAs and digital audio players.

11. 
    Fill the gaps using the words given above:
    

Within the past decade, 1 ______________________ has had major impact on education system. Especially, 2 ______________________ is very convenient.

Even you are at home, you can easily contact with them by internet. Distance learning has a long history and there are several types available today, including 3:____________________ . By this course you can study at home, receiving your work by post and sending it back by post. And, 4 _____________________ by it you can interact with your computer content. Moreover, there is 5 ____________
which you can study using phones. One of the main parts of online learning is
6 ____________________. It allows teachers to design and deliver their courses with a number of different tools to enable learning and communication. For instance, 7 ______________________ is for making students grades.

12. 
    Fill the missing letters in these sentences:
    

1. Online learning is the newest and the most popular form of d _ _ t _ _ c _ education today.

2. Within the past d _ c _ _ e it has had a major impact on postsecondary education and trend is only increasing.
3. Online learning is education that takes place over the I n _ _ r _ _ t .
4. Distance learning has a long h _ s _ _ r y and there are several types available.
5. Over 1 million students were studying o _ l _n _ in the fall of 2003.
6. Online courses provide an excellent m _ t _ o _ of course delivery unbound by time.
7. Online courses offer more opportunities for reflection in depth d _ s _ _ s_ i _n.

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