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lots of terms meaning "learning with a computer" or similar

technology-mediated task-based language teaching

participatory simulation

simulation where players take over the role of agents in the system

digital game-based vocabulary learning

teaching machine

Skinner built one

programmed instruction

funware

(mostly dead)

technology enhanced language learning (TELL/TALL)

digital game-based learning

computer-assisted learning of communication

computer-mediated communication

  • subset of CALL

Intelligent Computer-Assisted Language Learning

game-inspired design

serious games

e-learning

Web-based pedagogical tools

computerized learning

from 📖 Fluent Forever

Programmed Instruction

brain training software

from 📖 Moonwalking with Einstein:

brain training software was a $265 million industry in 2008, no doubt in part because of research that shows that older people who keep their minds active with crossword puzzles and chess can stave off Alzheimer's and progressive dementia

computer-assisted language learning

resources that are openly provisioned for use and adaptation by a community of users for non-commercial purposes

paper

Intelligent Tutoring System (ITS)

The Turing test has been used in its essence for more than two decades as a model for current ITS development. The main ideal for ITS systems is to effectively communicate

— wikipedia (ITS)

rich environments for active learning

  • mentioned by 📝 Putting Education in “Educational” Apps﹕ Lessons From the Science of Learning:
    • > Grabinger and Dunlap (1995), for example, described rich environments for active learning (REALs) as “[providing] learning activities that engage students in a continuous collaborative process of building and reshaping understanding as a natural consequence of their experiences and interactions

computer-assisted instruction

  • Any kind of learning that is enhanced by a computer