E-learning alphabet soup. That's what we call all of these letter
combinations that you find in the e-learning industry related
to e-learning technology. And today we are going to tell you what
the difference is between an e-learning platform and an LMS. It's a lot simpler than you think I'm
Johnny ha one of the co-founders of e-learning partners. And this is the
e-learning simplified YouTube channel. The purpose of this channel is
to simplify e-learning for you. So you can do what you do best, which is provide remarkable
value to your learners. Every time on this channel, we teach
you how to create, develop, launch, and distribute you your e-learning
online course or virtual training successfully for the most important
part of e-learning your learners. So let's dive in what is an
e-learning platform versus an LMS. First of all, what is an
LMS? An LMS is a learning management system. That's what these lovely
letters stand for. So what is that versus an
e-learning platform? Well, here is the simplest answer.
You're gonna find on YouTube, cuz we already e-learning
simplified and LMS is a type of e-learning platform.
That's as simple as it is. E-learning platform is
the group of technologies that are available for you
to use any e-learning that's as simple as, as it is, this is
wide. This is a very wide definition, a catchall definition. When you're talking about
e-learning and technology, you're talking about some
sort of e-learning platform. You're not necessarily talking about
an LMS. That's how it works. Remember, squares are a rectangle, but
not all rectangles are squares. Remember that? I do. I'm a math
guy. I'm also an accountant, but I, my favorite subject in school
growing up was definitely geometry. And that was something that always stuck
with me. I'm like, what do you mean? So like a square is a type of rectangle, but not all rectangles
are squares. Well, yeah, cuz the definition of a
rectangle is you have two sets of sides that are equal. So these two sides are equal and
then these two sides are equal. Well, same thing, a square.
Technically you have two pairs, but all sides are equal. So
this is a type of rectangle, but not every angle is
a square, same thing. Every LMS is a e-learning platform, but not every e-learning platform is
an LMS. This will make more sense. When I list a couple other
types of e-learning platforms, another type of e-learning platform, other than an LMS is
called an authoring tool. Like we already have written down
here, an LMS. You also have BMSs BMS is a business management system. There are technologies out
there e-learning technologies out there that allow you to manage your entire business
along with providing e-learning to your learners. This list goes on and on and on. Just remember an e-learning
platform is a e-learning technology. This could be a platform
like LinkedIn learning. This is an e-learning platform. Technically a lot of people
might disagree with us with this, but YouTube is an E learning platform. YouTube is actually
also technically an LMS, but we don't need to get
super technical there. What is a learning management
system? Well, first of all, learning management systems
are a miss defined and marketed online. Cuz the basic definition of a learning
management system is a type of e-learning technology that collects data on your learners. It's the system that allows you to
manage how your learners interact with your course. How do you
manage it by reading the data? Another way to look at this is if you drew a circle, this would be e-learning platforms. Then a sub circle would be LMS. Another sub
circle would be authoring tools. Another sub circle would be BMS and it'll go on and on and on. But they are all e-learning platforms.
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launch our weekly YouTube video, focus on simplifying your e-learning. There are thousands upon thousands
of e-learning platforms out there. So you're probably really confused
what the best platform is for you. Good thing is we have been doing this
e-learning partners has been doing this for almost a decade and we have worked
with dozens upon dozens of e-learning platforms. And we have been to even more
e-learning conferences and interacted with so many pieces of e-learning technology
over the years that we know the three best e-learning platforms for you and your learners specific needs.
