An interactive course typically describes material of an
education
Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty ...
al nature delivered in a format which allows the user to directly impact the materials' content, pace, and outcome. Interactive, as defined by the
Merriam-Webster online dictionary
A dictionary is a listing of lexemes from the lexicon of one or more specific languages, often arranged alphabetically (or by radical and stroke for ideographic languages), which may include information on definitions, usage, etymologies, pr ...
, is "involving the actions or input of a user". An example of such material would be a
computer-based presentation requiring a user to select the correct answer to a given question before proceeding to the next topic.
Use
These types of courses are almost always computer-based, and most likely to be delivered to the user through the
Internet
The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a '' network of networks'' that consists of private, pub ...
. Due to their convenient delivery, availability, and almost endless subject matter, interactive
courses have become a major tool for those seeking to provide, as well as to obtain,
education
Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty ...
, training, or
certification in a given area of study.
With growing accessibility and availability of computers and the Internet, many schools,
universities
A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, ...
, businesses, and government agencies are turning to interactive courses to train and educate their
students and staff through
MOOC's and customized internal
learning platform
A virtual learning environment (VLE) in educational technology is a web-based platform for the digital aspects of courses of study, usually within educational institutions. They present resources, activities, and interactions within a course stru ...
s by third-party providers.
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Interactive Displays For EducationProfessional Development Training CourseTraining Courses For Personal Development
Educational technology