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LMS, LCMS, Content Authoring: Exploring eLearning Tools

WBT Systems

It is software that sits on an organization’s server or in the cloud , allows managers to enroll employees in courses (or lets employees self-register), and presents the learner with a menu of lessons from which to choose. A Learning Content Management System (LCMS) typically is an LMS to which the LMS vendor has added an authoring tool.

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History of the LMS

eLearning 24-7

We did Online Learning in the 60’s – False Narrative There were systems back in the day, where they could be run on your own server, used via a CD-ROM, via WAN or LAN, but to me, that isn’t and e-learning LMS. Other fun tidbits AICC was the leader here, then came SCORM. The LCMS Learning Content Management System.

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Rapid Content Authoring Tools Directory

eLearning 24-7

It is in the “Cloud&# on the vendor’s server – everything is done in the cloud. it sits on your hd) or it sits on your company’s server (and you access it through your network or however you get access). SCORM or AICC. Some vendors may state “SCORM/AICC or AICC/SCORM&# – means the same thing.

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Advantages of WordPress over Moodle

LearnDash

LearnDash is able to take advantage of the elegant simplicity of WordPress and add the tracking and scoring and convert it into a Learning Content Management System (LCMS). Some organizations still have a big investment in legacy content that communicates using the SCORM or AICC formats. Simplicity is the key.

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Questions to Ask Ur Prospective LMS Vendor

eLearning 24-7

What about AICC? Unless you purchased a tool that is only AICC compliant, which in that case, time to ditch it and get another one. If you purchased an AICC only, then you have to find a system that is AICC compliant. It can be SCORM too, but the AICC is the key. . SCORM is backward compatible, not forward. .

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What is a Learning Content Management System (LCMS)?

Xyleme

.” Even a Google search for Learning Content Management System returns ads for Learning Management Systems, and articles that claim to rank the top LCMS’s, but really only include Learning Management Systems. LMS and LCMS might look like they are the same thing or close, but the two couldn’t be more different!

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Exploring eLearning Standards for the WordPress LMS Industry with Andy Whitaker at Rustici Software

LifterLMS

In this LMScast episode, Andy Whitaker explore the landscape of eLearning standards, focusing on SCORM, AICC, and XAPI for WordPress LMS. There’s SCORM, there’s XAPI, there’s CMI, 5, LTI, AICC. SCORM and AICC specifically tend to be mostly about content plus system interoperability. What’s the difference?