What to Consider When Selecting an E-Learning Delivery Platform

You have learning content that you want to deliver electronically, but the choices for developing e-learning can be overwhelming. There’s a host of systems, acronyms, terminology, and recommendations to wade through. For example, experts tout the importance of a learning management system, emphasizing that your material must be SCORM-compliant. Other experts emphasize the importance of data collection and the necessity of a learning record store (LRS) and xAPI data collection. Content management systems emphasize that you can manage your content easily on your own. The Actionable Data Book (ADB) proposes an innovative approach to managing a complex learning ecosystem. Is SCORM a necessity? Is an LRS the only way to collect data? What is the difference between an LMS and an LRS? Can a CMS perform the same function as an LMS? What is an ADB?