Glossary: ABCs of Online Teaching and Learning (P–Z)

A–H

I–O

P

• Peer testimonials
• Peer-to-peer interaction
• Personalizing online learning
• Podcasts
• Problem-based learning

Q

• Quizzing

R

• Reflective practice/pedagogy
• Remote testing
• Restorative thinking
• Role play in online teaching and learning
• Rubrics

S

• Scaffolding
• Self-regulated learning
• Shared metacognition
• Simulation
• Social presence
• Stress management
• Student agency
• Student choice
• Synchronous teaching
• Synergistic teaching
• Systems (systems thinking)

T

• Teaching philosophy
• Teaching presence
• Telepresence robots

U

• Ungrading

V

• Videos
• Virtual escape room
• Virtual office hours
• Virtual learning
• Virtual reality

W

• Wait time

X

• XR (extended reality)

Y

• You (role of the instructor)

Z

• Zoom (and other synchronous teaching options)
• Zone of proximal development
• Zone of proximal flow