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Ultimate eLearning terms you should know: Part 1 (A-L)

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ADL (Advanced Distributed Learning): An initiative established by the US Department Of Defense in 1999, aiming to make the delivery of online training consistent across content formats, technologies, and organizations. Like an LMS, an LCMS manages the creation, storage and delivery of eLearning content.

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The Ultimate Glossary of eLearning Terms

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ADL (Advanced Distributed Learning). LCMS (Learning Content Management System). Like an LMS, an LCMS manages the creation, storage and delivery of eLearning content. Perhaps the most ubiquitous set of standards, SCORM was developed by Advanced Distributed Learning ( ADL ) and applied when developing LMS content.

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The A to Z of eLearning Acronyms Part 2

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An LCMS can be considered to be an LMS that includes an authoring tool. If you need to create materials from scratch (rather than the upload of pre-existing materials such as documents, video, audio, SCORM or xAPI), you should choose an LMS and an authoring tool or an LCMS. It is usually a subset of Human resources.