ADDIE – Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation
AI – Artificial Intelligence
ARIA – Accessible Rich Internet Applications
ATAG – Authoring Tool Accessibility
ATU – Attitude Towards Use
BBS – Bulletin Board System
CAI – Computer-Assisted Instruction
CASCADE – Computer-Assisted Curriculum Analysis, Design and Evaluation
CBT – Computer-Based Training
CFA – Children’s First Act
CIHR – Canadian Institutes of Health Research
CIP – Critical Infrastructure Protection
CLT – Cognitive Load Theory
CMC – Computer-Mediated Communication
CoI – Community of Inquiry
COIK – Clear Only if Known
CoP – Community of Practice
CPM – Critical Path Method
DDDM – Data-Driven Decision Making
DEI – Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
DIDP – Digital Identity and Digital Presence
DLE – Digital Learning Environment
DI – Digital Literacy
DMAIC – Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control
DOAJ – Directory of Open Access Journals
DPB – Digital Planning Boards
EDI – Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
AFA – Exploratory Factor Analysis
EDIA – Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility
EFL – English as a Foreign Language
EM – Engineering Management
EML – Educational Modelling Language
ERA Method – Evaluation, Re-evaluation, and Action Method
FIP – Fair Information Principles
FIP – Fair Information Practices
FOIP – Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
FOLC – Fully Online Learning Community
FRT – Facial Recognition Technology
FTP – File Transfer Protocol
GDPR – General Data Protection Regulation
HE – Higher Education
HEIs – Higher Education Institutions
HIA – Health Information Act
HIT – Health Information Technologies
HRM – Human Resource Management
HTML – Hypertext Markup Language
HTTP – Hypertext Transfer Protocol
ICT – Information and Communications Technology
ICT4D – Information and Communications Technology for Development
ID – Instructional Design
IDT – Instructional Design and Technology
IE – Industrial Engineering
IL – Information Literacy
IoT – Internet of Things
ISO – International Organization for Standardization
ISTE – International Society for Technology in Education
KMS – Knowledge Management Systems
LBE – Learning by Exploring
LD – Learning Design
LIDT – Learning and Instructional Design Technology
LMOS – Learning Management Operating System
LMS – Learning Management Systems
LT – Learning Technologies
ML – Machine Learning
MLT – Motivating Language Theory
MOOC – Massive Open Online Courses
NII – National Information Infrastructure
NLP – Natural Language Processing
NSERC – Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
OAP – Open Access Publishing
OD – Organizational Development
ODeL – Open Distance and eLearning
OERs – Open Educational Resources
OFDL – Open, Flexible and Distance Learning
OGP – Open Government Partnership
OIPC – Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner
OPL – Open Publication Licence
OS – Operating System
OU – Open University
PA – Privacy Act
PAR – Participatory Action Research
PBL – Problem-Based Learning
PDCA Cycle – Plan, Do, Check and Act
PDSA Cycle – Plan-Do-Study-Act
PEI Model – Plan, Implement, and Evaluate
PEoU – Perceived Ease of Use
PERT – Program Evaluation and Review Technique
PIA – Privacy Impact Assessment
PII – Personally Identifiable Information
PIPA – Personal Information Protection Act
PIPEDA – Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act
PLN – Personal Learning Network
PLS-SEM – Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modelling
PMI – Project Management Institute
PMO – Project Management Office
PU – Perceived Usefulness
QAR – Quality Assessment Review
RDT -Resource Dependency Theory
REBs – Research Ethics Boards
ROI – Return on Investment
ROM – Rough Order of Magnitude
RR&D – Reciprocal Research and Design
SaaS – Software as a Service
SAM – Successive Approximation Model
SCORM – Sharable Content Object Reference Model
SIS – Student Information System
SLOs – Student’s Learning Outcomes
SME – Subject Matter Expert
SMP – Social Media Platforms
SOL – Supported Open Learning
SOW – Scope of Work
SSHRC – Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
SSN – Social Safety Net
STEM – Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths
SWOT – Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats
TCPS – Tri-Council Policy Statement (TCPS)
TQM – Total Quality Management
TVET – Technical and Vocational Education and Training
UAAG – User Agent Accessibility Guidelines
UDL – Universal Design for Learning
URI – Uniform Resource Identifier (also known as URL)
VAM – Value-Added Modeling
VCT – Video Conferencing Technologies
VLE – Virtual Learning Environment
WBS – Work Breakdown Structure
WCAG – Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
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