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What’s the Difference Between an LMS and an LCMS? Hint: It’s Not Just the Letter “C”

Association eLearning

For example, you’ve likely seen Learning Management Systems (LMS) and Learning Content Management Systems (LCMS) discussed on various websites and company pages. How is an LCMS Different from an LMS? An LCMS goes one step farther. If an LCMS does everything an LMS can, plus more, why would I want an LMS?”.

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Four Wishes for LMS Buyers

Association eLearning

Further down in the article LMS Buyers will see a list of standard LMS functionality compared to LCMS functionality. So, if the first step is to develop courses, the eLearning Genie would reveal to LMS Buyers that they need to obtain a course authoring tool or LCMS, or hire an eLearning firm to develop courses. Share this on LinkedIn.

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Learning Management Systems and You

Association eLearning

Before we go any further, please note that an LMS is different from a Learning Content Management System (LCMS). An LCMS provides tools for managing and creating course content, many LMSs do not. Share this on LinkedIn. It’s software that organizes, administers, and tracks online training programs and certifications.

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7 Things About eLearning Your CEO/Executive Director Wants to Know

Association eLearning

Share this on LinkedIn. While you might pay more upfront, over time you’ll actually spend less. You’ll want to create a cost-benefits analysis that clearly outlines expenditure vs expected return. 2: What will we need? Will we need an LMS? Will we need course creation software? How about an instructional designer? Share this on Facebook.

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Top 10 LMS/LCMS Trends and Forecasts

eLearning 24-7

The trends apply to both LMS/LCMS vendors. Asia – misleading by LMS/LCMS vendors. Forecast: Continued development by LMS/LCMS vendors making their front end UI (what the end user – i.e. employee or customer) more intuitive, easier to use and truly user friendly. Linkedin tied into Twitter is an example of APIs.

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Learning Thursday #10 – The Many Acronyms of Learning Technology

Adobe Captivate

Learning Thursday is a blog series that features a new L&D article every other week along with discussion points. It can be difficult to tell whether a specific platform is principally a learning management system (LMS), or a learning content management system (LCMS), or something else entirely. You’d think we were NASA.

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LMS/LCMS Puzzlers

eLearning 24-7

Just some thoughts that puzzle me on why some LMS/LCMS vendors (okay over 98% of them) are still in some time warp from the Eighties when it comes time to enhance their services and technological solutions. Unfortunately, we do not have that luxury when buying YOUR LMS/LCMS. I know its a novel idea. Or hours are only 8 to 5 p.m.

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