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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. Oh sure, the LMS will manage your learners, but will it help you create content?”. “Oh What’s an LMS? How is an LCMS Different from an LMS?

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Four Wishes for LMS Buyers

Association eLearning

Every week, like clockwork, I get a call from someone who wants me to recommend an LMS for their association or small business. If an eLearning Genie would come out of a bottle and grant me four wishes for my LMS buyers, here is what I’d request. Wish #1: LMS Buyers understand what they are buying.

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History of the LMS

eLearning 24-7

To understand the history of the LMS, there are five items that drove it. CBT Prior to online learning known then as WBT, and then the latter term of e-learning (vendors today, use it to refer to content that is online), there was CBT. The LMS The player for online learning and WBT? CBT (Computer-Based Training). Blackboard.

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Learning Technology Defined: The Difference Between an LMS, LCMS & LRS

Adobe Captivate

The three types of learning technology I’m most frequently asked about are learning management systems (LMS), learning content management systems (LCMS), and learning record stores (LRS). The bottom line is, if you want to know whether a learning technology platform can serve a specific function, ask the vendor.

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4 LMS Features That Were Hot and Now Are Not

Absorb LMS

Make sure your team is buying an LMS for the year you’re in. I also had the chance to sit in on three or four demonstrations by LMS vendors per week. In my current role with Absorb, I help organizations reduce the effort associated with managing learning by demystifying LMS technology. That’s gone.

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Learning Thursday #10 – The Many Acronyms of Learning Technology

Adobe Captivate

Take learning technology vendors for example. 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. An LMS can easily have learning record store (LRS) features, and vice versa.

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Did you know? Learning Systems Vol 3

eLearning 24-7

LMS aka Learning Management System. LCMS (Rip, albeit a few are back, like zombies). A vendor says “elearning course” ignoring that it really has a hyphen between the e and the l. I never understood why a vendor does this. Why can’t a vendor simply say video? Learning Platform. Authoring tools.