What is Modality

The term is used to describe the distinct method of operation within a computer system, in which the same user input can produce different results depending of the state of the computer. It also defines the mode of communication according to human senses or type of computer input devices. In terms of human senses, the categories are sight, touch, hearing, smell, and taste. In terms of computer input devices, we have modalities that are equivalent to human senses: cameras (sight), haptic sensors (touch), microphones (hearing), olfactory (smell), and even taste. In addition, however, there are input devices that do not map directly to human senses: keyboard, mouse, writing tablet, motion input (e.g., the device itself is moved for interaction), and many others.

A particular mode in which some occurs – asynchronously or synchronously.

Modality refers to those features in a text that express the speaker’s and writer’s attitudes towards themselves, their interlocutors and the topic at hand, that is to say what they commit themselves to in terms of truth or necessity. Modality is distinguished into epistemic modality (modality of probabilities) and deontic modality (modality of necessity and obligation). Both modalities can have high, median or low levels of commitment.

The specific features of a medium. In the context of mobile learning, this refers to affordances such as portability, multimedia support, and pervasive Internet access.

Is defined as the intermediate degrees of meaning that fall between yes and no, thus intermediating between the positive and the negative poles.

The way in which the professional learning is delivered such as face-to-face, online, blended or hybrid.

The different forms in which information can be presented; common modalities include text, images, videos, and audio.

The method of presentation of the class, usually face-to-face, hybrid, or online (Web-only). Correspondence is another, time-honored, modality.

The pairing of a representational system (or mode) and a physical input or output device.

The type of media used to communicate during a social engineering attack.

A form or type (of survey, such as face-to-face, in-person; by telephone; by postal mail; by computer face-to-face; by paper face-to-face; online; mixed modal, and others).

The way or channel of information perception.

The vehicle/way in which meaning is made through text, speech, or gestures.