eLearning - It’s sensible to start with the term you will see the most. It’s very simple; just like email means electronic mail, eLearning means electronic learning. With bigger and better computer systems being announced every year and with the internet growing faster, some companies are now offering training courses online. This ‘eLearning’ is more cost-effective than regular learning and can also be quicker.
LMS/LCMS - LMS stands for Learning Management System and LCMS stands for Learning Content Management System. An LMS is a system that a business uses to train their employees; these systems allow businesses to become administrators for their employee’s learning, as well as looking after documents and tracking the online course.
An LCMS is a place where experts can create, store and manage online content. This type of system will have many users as well as various authors and developers who will manage their own content. Therefore, the LCMS manages the content that will make its way onto the LMS.
Quick Stat: Around three-quarters of all companies currently use one form of LMS.
Distance Learning - Not everyone has the ability to attend a college every day and employees cannot always leave their place of work for a week to attend a course. As a result, ‘distance learning’ was created in order to allow these people to ‘learn from a distance’. People using this method will be provided with online tools to learn without having to attend face-to-face sessions.
Blended Learning - Although eLearning is a fantastic development, some companies still like to have the personal touch rather than forcing their employees in front of a computer all day to learn. In these situations, blended learning is used to create a mixture of online and offline learning.
Learning Automation - This term refers to the process of switching any training and learning from face-to-face to online. Just like a business might automate a section of the business, they can also stop bringing in external trainers and start purchasing online courses for their employees.
Flipped Learning - Typically, the basics of everything are taught on a course and then employees will be given resources to research further at home. However, flipped learning completely changes this and lets workers discover the basics online before going into more detail in a course. This method is said to yield better results because a trainer is available to help as more detail is attained.
OAuth - OAuth describes the method that allows internet users to login to a site using a third-party account. For example, some websites will offer users the chance to sign in using Facebook, Twitter, Google or Mail.
mLearning - As the years pass, we are seeing more and more mobile devices that can do just as much as a computer and mLearning looks to take advantage of this. Through mLearning, people have the opportunity to learn via their mobile and tablet devices, allowing them to learn ‘on-the-go’. By 2017, it is thought that the mobile learning market will have grown to be worth over $12 billion.
So there we have it, eight seemingly difficult terms broken down into simple phrases. It is important that you get to know these words and definitions if you want to learn where the best options can be found and where the different types of learning are offered. Now, you should be in a stronger position to make better-informed decisions for you and your employees.
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