Goins Billy LMO Week 2 Reading Activity – Response 1 to Kenya Ayala

Original Post by Kenya

Learning management systems (LMSs) are mostly for smaller businesses that require training of employees on a smaller scale. Course management systems (CMSs) are used primarily by universities, like Full Sail University that focus on the coursework and delivery to the students. Databases are similar to that of LMSs but on a scale directly related to education and focus on course rather than content. Learning content management systems (LCMSs) are used primarily by large institutions like the military that must deliver content materials to a large amount of people/learners, such as in the four major military branches. Personal learning environments (PLEs) are more learner focused like LMSs but can easily take on qualities attributed to the other systems, depending on the amount of users.

My Comments
As I mentioned during the Wimba session this week, in order to best understand each of the platforms I refer back to the purpose of training. In a business setting where LMS systems are typically deployed, there would be smaller and more specific types of training that would more than likely be driven by job tasks or company policies.

In a CMS, you have a wide variety of programs and learners whose purpose for training is to complete a course program for a certfication or degree.

Finally on a larger scale there exists the LCMS, which is similar to the LMS in that it is focused on the individual learner and their required job or skill.