Term |
Definition |
AICC (Aviation Industry CBT Committee) |
A set of technical standards for e-learning software products. |
Alternate Manager |
A leader of a team that is not their official manager but can perform all the functions that are done by existing managers in the system. (Assign and verify learning) |
Analytic Administrator |
A security role in CULearn that specializes in report development and management. |
Analytics |
Reporting using data from CULearn. |
Acquired |
When the learner successfully completes all the required learning modules of a certification. |
Audience |
Multiple learners grouped by some criteria. |
BLD (Blended Learning) |
Combining different methods of delivery for a course or class. |
Browse |
Looking for courses by looking through the categories in the learning catalog. |
Category |
A division of courses regarded as having particular shared characteristics. A learner can browse the categories in the Learning Catalog to find courses. |
Certification |
A set of courses that must be completed to become certified in a specific topic or to perform a duty. They can expire which can force learners to re-certify in order to maintain their certification. |
Continuing Education Credits(CEU) |
Unit of credit equal to 10 hours of participation in an accredited program designed for professionals with certificates or licenses to practice various professions. |
Curriculum |
A set of courses that must be completed to become in a specific topic or to perform a specific duty. |
Delivery Method |
How the course or class is delivered to the learner- instructor, on-line, or virtual. |
Equivalent |
One or more courses that are considered equivalent to a current course for the purposes of completing a certificate or curriculum. |
External Learning |
Learning that is consumed outside of the CULearn. |
Governance/Advisory Committee |
A cross section of campus individuals representing a cross-section of non-credit training concerns/needs to serve as decision makers for best practices pertaining to the system and university needs. |
ILT (Instructor Led Training) |
Course/classes delivered in a classroom with an instructor. |
Instructor |
Individual that provides instruction for a course or class. |
Lead Training Administrator |
A security role in CULearn that has the same responsibilities as a TA and LGA and is considered a point person for others that have roles in their areas plus is a liaison to the LMS Manager to communicate and help problem solve issues that arise. May be a member of the CULearn Advisory Council. |
Learner |
Anyone that is using CULearn to take a course. |
Learning Catalogue |
A collection of learning/training events. |
Learning Event |
A course, certificate program, or curriculum. |
Learning Group Administrator (LGA) |
A security role in CULearn for individuals that assign, track, and confirm learning completions for a learner(s). |
Learning Plan |
A learning event that has been assigned by a rule, manager, alternate manager, TA, LGA, or learner. |
Manager |
Identified via WorkDay as having responsibility for a specific set of individuals that directly report to them. |
Prescriptive Rule |
Used to assign learning dynamically to a large group of people who fulfill specified criteria. Once the criteria has been set you can choose the learning to “push” out to them. |
RDI (Rapid Data Import) |
An import service that enables us to import business data as CULearn component records. This service migrates data sets from external data sources or to create new bulk records. |
Recurring Course |
A course that expires and needs to be acquired periodically, whereas a regular course never expires. It is a single course that acts like a certification and can be reset for recertification. |
Register/Enroll |
Learner signs up to take a course. |
SCROM(Sharable Content Object Reference Model) |
A set of technical standards for e-learning software products. Commonly used are 1.2 or 2004 |
Search |
Looking for a course using the search box using a word(s) or number in the title of a course. |
Security role |
Different limits to access or restrictions on operations according to a user’s constructed role within CULearn. |
Successful |
Completion status for a checklist or class. |
System Administrator/Manager |
A security role in CULearn responsible for the upkeep, configuration, and reliable operation of the system. Technically and functionally. |
Training Administrator(TA) |
A security role in CULearn that creates courses, classes, and things related to them in the system. |
Virtual Classroom |
A virtual classroom is an online learning environment. The environment can be web-based and accessed through a portal. The instructor and learners are logged into the virtual learning environment at the same time. WebEx and ZOOM are the tools used at Cornell to provide a virtual classroom. |
WBT (Web-based Training) |
Courses/classes delivered on-line. |