CETL - Definitions II
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Accessability - answer extent to which a product, service, or facility is
available to all people (e.g., students with special needs, etc.)
SCORM - answer acronym for Shareable Content Object Reference Model
Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative. The ADL, which was
established in 1997 by the U.S. Department of Defense, has worked with
multi-national groups from industry, academia, and government to define
specifications and standards for education and training and to develop tools
and content to support the use of SCORM.
SQL - answer Structured Query Language is a special-purpose programming
language designed for managing data held in a relational database
management system (RDBMS), or for stream processing in a relational data
stream management system (RDSMS).
HIPAA - answer acronym for the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act that was passed by Congress in 1996.
Provides the ability to transfer and continue health insurance coverage for
millions of American workers and their families when they change or lose
their jobs
,COPPA - answer Children's Online Privacy Protection Act) - a federal law
regarding the online collection of personal information from children under
the age of 13. It details what must be included in a privacy policy, when and
how to seek verifiable consent from a parent or guardian, and what
responsibilities an operator has to protect children's privacy and safety
online, including restrictions on marketing to children under 13.
FERPA - answer Family Education Rights and Privacy Act - a federal law
administered by the Family Policy Compliance Office in the U.S. Department
of Education, with the intent of protecting the rights of students and insuring
privacy and accuracy of education records. FERPA generally prohibits the
improper disclosure of personally identifiable information derived from
education records.
CTO - answer Chief Technical Officer
ROI - answer Return on Investment- Performance measure used to evaluate
the efficiency of an investment or to compare the efficiency of a number of
different investments.
Traditionally, when IT professionals and administrators discussed ROI of an IT
investment, they were largely thinking about tangible financial benefits.
Today, intangible, non-financial benefits should also be considered. Because
intangible benefits may be long-term, they are typically the most difficult to
quantify.
CIPA - answer The Children's Internet Protection Act requires that K-12
schools and libraries in the United States use Internet filters and implement
other measures to protect children from harmful online content as a
condition for federal funding.
KPI - answer A Key Performance Indicator is a business metric used to
evaluate factors that are crucial to the success of an organization. KPIs differ
per organization; business KPIs may be net revenue or a customer loyalty
metric, while government might consider unemployment rates.
, ITIL - answer acronym for Information Technology Infrastructure Library, is a
set of practices for IT service management that focuses on aligning IT
services with the needs of business.
It is currently published as a series of five core volumes, each of which
covers a different ITSM lifecycle stage.
SDLC - answer The Systems Development Life Cycle, also referred to as the
application development life-cycle, is a term used in systems engineering,
information systems and software engineering to describe a process for
planning, creating, testing, and deploying an information system.
VOI - answer Value of Investment - looks at anticipated costs and related
benefits of specific proposed technology projects. On the cost side, while
anticipated budgeted initial and ongoing costs are important, the anticipated
project TCO is critical for determining all of the anticipated project costs over
the life of the project.
TCO - answer Total Cost of Ownership - looks at installed (or optionally
planned) computer environment costs. The focus of this type of assessment
is to capture and understand all costs incurred for a distributed computing
environment for all or a part of the school or district.
"SWOT" analysis - answer Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and
Threats.
This needs assessment tool useful in identifying and analyzing internal
strengths and weaknesses and external opportunities and threats for
achieving a specific objective.
Formula/competitive grants - answer Funds are allocated by the U.S.
Department of Education (USDOE) by formula to state education agencies
(SEAs) and then competitively to LEAs; examples include Reading First and
21st Century After School
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Accessability - answer extent to which a product, service, or facility is
available to all people (e.g., students with special needs, etc.)
SCORM - answer acronym for Shareable Content Object Reference Model
Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative. The ADL, which was
established in 1997 by the U.S. Department of Defense, has worked with
multi-national groups from industry, academia, and government to define
specifications and standards for education and training and to develop tools
and content to support the use of SCORM.
SQL - answer Structured Query Language is a special-purpose programming
language designed for managing data held in a relational database
management system (RDBMS), or for stream processing in a relational data
stream management system (RDSMS).
HIPAA - answer acronym for the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act that was passed by Congress in 1996.
Provides the ability to transfer and continue health insurance coverage for
millions of American workers and their families when they change or lose
their jobs
,COPPA - answer Children's Online Privacy Protection Act) - a federal law
regarding the online collection of personal information from children under
the age of 13. It details what must be included in a privacy policy, when and
how to seek verifiable consent from a parent or guardian, and what
responsibilities an operator has to protect children's privacy and safety
online, including restrictions on marketing to children under 13.
FERPA - answer Family Education Rights and Privacy Act - a federal law
administered by the Family Policy Compliance Office in the U.S. Department
of Education, with the intent of protecting the rights of students and insuring
privacy and accuracy of education records. FERPA generally prohibits the
improper disclosure of personally identifiable information derived from
education records.
CTO - answer Chief Technical Officer
ROI - answer Return on Investment- Performance measure used to evaluate
the efficiency of an investment or to compare the efficiency of a number of
different investments.
Traditionally, when IT professionals and administrators discussed ROI of an IT
investment, they were largely thinking about tangible financial benefits.
Today, intangible, non-financial benefits should also be considered. Because
intangible benefits may be long-term, they are typically the most difficult to
quantify.
CIPA - answer The Children's Internet Protection Act requires that K-12
schools and libraries in the United States use Internet filters and implement
other measures to protect children from harmful online content as a
condition for federal funding.
KPI - answer A Key Performance Indicator is a business metric used to
evaluate factors that are crucial to the success of an organization. KPIs differ
per organization; business KPIs may be net revenue or a customer loyalty
metric, while government might consider unemployment rates.
, ITIL - answer acronym for Information Technology Infrastructure Library, is a
set of practices for IT service management that focuses on aligning IT
services with the needs of business.
It is currently published as a series of five core volumes, each of which
covers a different ITSM lifecycle stage.
SDLC - answer The Systems Development Life Cycle, also referred to as the
application development life-cycle, is a term used in systems engineering,
information systems and software engineering to describe a process for
planning, creating, testing, and deploying an information system.
VOI - answer Value of Investment - looks at anticipated costs and related
benefits of specific proposed technology projects. On the cost side, while
anticipated budgeted initial and ongoing costs are important, the anticipated
project TCO is critical for determining all of the anticipated project costs over
the life of the project.
TCO - answer Total Cost of Ownership - looks at installed (or optionally
planned) computer environment costs. The focus of this type of assessment
is to capture and understand all costs incurred for a distributed computing
environment for all or a part of the school or district.
"SWOT" analysis - answer Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and
Threats.
This needs assessment tool useful in identifying and analyzing internal
strengths and weaknesses and external opportunities and threats for
achieving a specific objective.
Formula/competitive grants - answer Funds are allocated by the U.S.
Department of Education (USDOE) by formula to state education agencies
(SEAs) and then competitively to LEAs; examples include Reading First and
21st Century After School
