| assistive (adaptive) technology | Devices that help the disabled to perform and learn more effectively, from voice-activated keyboards and mechanical wheelchairs to laptops for class note taking and personal scheduling.
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| asynchronous | Nonsimultaneous. Students enrolled in an Internet course need not participate at the same time, and may take the course although they live in different time zones.
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| digital divide | A term used to describe the technological gap between the "haves" and "have nots." Race, gender, class, and geography are some of the demographic factors influencing technological access and achievement.
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| distance learning | Courses, programs, and training provided to students over long distances through television, the Internet, and other technologies.
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| educational television programming | Television programs that promote learning.
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| global education | Because economics, politics, scientific innovation, and societal developments in different countries have an enormous impact on children in the United States, the goals of global education include increased knowledge about the peoples of the world, resolution of global problems, increased fluency in foreign languages, and the development of more tolerant attitudes toward other cultures and peoples.
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| Internet | The worldwide computer network that rapidly facilitates information dissemination.
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| last mile problem | Geography contributes to a digital divide, in part because running fiber optic cables to rural schools is often an expense that telecommunications companies avoid.
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| simulation | A role-playing technique in which students take part in re-created life-like situations.
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| virtual field trip | Visiting distant sites and events via the computer and the Internet.
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| World Wide Web | Most common connection to the Internet; contains numerous sites which can be accessed by a Web browser.
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