E-Learning Term of the Month - Brief Article

Confused and bamboozled by the alphabet soup of e-learning? Each month, we'll define a term or two. You'll be an e-expert in no time.

ASP (application service provider). The third-party organizations that manage and distribute software-based services to companies over the Internet from a central location. ASPs enable companies to save money, time, and resources by outsourcing some or all of their information technology needs.

LMS (learning management system). Software that automates the administration of training events. The LMS registers users, tracks courses in a catalogue, and records data from learners; it also provides reports to management. An LMS is typically designed to handle courses by multiple publishers and providers. It usually doesn't include its own authoring capabilities; instead, it focuses on managing courses created from a variety of other sources.

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