Ive heard all these terms: WBT, IBT, WBI, IBI, WBL, IMI, online learning, e-learning. What is the difference?
Web-based training (WBT) is training delivered using TCP/IP and HTTP protocols, the protocols that define the World Wide Web. Internet-based training (IBT) is training delivered using TCP/IP protocol, but not necessarily HTTP; thus IBT might use proprietary protocols and applications. Training, in this sense, means instruction to improve skills, change attitudes, or enhance knowledge, principally in the workplace. Web-based learning (WBL), Web-based instruction (WBI) and Internet-based instruction (IBI) use the same respective technologies; however, these terms most often are used to reference academic instruction. Interactive multimedia instruction (IMI) generally means any highly participatory, media rich computer-based instruction, whether networked or not. Online learning and e-learning are general terms that are synonymous with WBT and WBI.
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