Learning management system
software system that serves the delivery of learning content and the organisation of learning processes
A Learning Management System (LMS) is a software application for the administration, documentation, tracking, reporting, automation, and delivery of educational courses, training programs, materials, or learning and development programs. The learning management system concept emerged directly from e-Learning. Learning management systems make up the largest segment of the learning system market. The first introduction of the LMS was in the late 1990s. LMSs have been adopted by almost all higher education institutions in the English-speaking world. Learning management systems have experienced a massive growth in usage because of the emphasis on remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Learning management systems were designed to identify training and learning gaps using analytics and reporting. LMSs are focused on online learning delivery but also support a range of uses, serving as a platform for online content, including both asynchronous and synchronous courses. In the higher education space, an LMS may offer classroom management for instructor-led training or a flipped classroom. Modern LMSs include intelligent algorithms to make automated recommendations for courses based on a user's skill profile as well as extract metadata from learning materials to make such recommendations even more accurate.
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