Looking back to about a decade ago, there wouldn’t have been many options for an online learning portal. But, today the scenario has changed a lot. The Learning Management System (LMS) market is full of budding options. Free or Paid systems, Cloud or On-Premise with variety of methods for delivering learning – Blended Learning, Flipped Classroom, BYOD (Bring Your Own Device), Social Learning, …. At times, more options may mean more confusion too.
Taking a decision of implementing LMS system for your organization is not a very tough decision but a little confusing, and requires weighing up your needs as per the learners’ challenges. Learning style varies among the different types of learning needs, say Corporate training or Academic learning. The invariable goal of each set of learning style is to enhance the methods of learning. Picking up the right LMS as per the learning is very important because a wrong choice will end-up with a frustrated learner, trainers or teachers. At end-of-the-day, making a right decision for the first time in choosing LMS will not only save effort and time in employing it, but also saves cost through a long-term adaptation strategy.
Making a decision in choosing the right LMS involves detailed understanding and evaluating your choices against the requirements in making the best fit choice. If your team is at a stage of choosing the LMS platform or product, your Learning & Development Head or Training Manager would have already listed down those evaluations criteria.
Either it is Corporate or Academic LMS, goal of each learning style is delivering a value-added developmental skills in their learning. Apart from the fact that both LMS are far different from each other, still they possess some similarities. However, the design of these different styles of LMS would typically differ from one another in the context of Needs and Goals associated with their implementation.
Similarities between Corporate training and Academic Learning
Corporate or an Academic LMS, both learning styles have lots in common:
- Remote access to courses
- Self-paced learning
- Content creation and management tools
- Automated learning methods
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