Acronym: Learning and Development

Acronym: Learning Content Management System. Software that manages the creation, storage, use, and reuse of learning content. LCMSs may store content as learning objects.

E-Learning design that relies on collaboration, informal learning, and blended learning. Should not be taken to mean that people learn any differently today than in times past.

Reusable, media-independent collection of content created, stored, and maintained for use as a modular building block for e-learning. Synonymous with "RLO."

A clear and measurable statement of the behavior or performance that the learner must master in order to consider the desired learning has occurred.

A theoretical and prescriptive description of an individual's unique approach to learning based on strengths, weaknesses, and preferences. This is a popular, yet controversial, concept, unsupported by research.

Acronym: International Federation for Learning, Education, and Training Systems Interoperability.Non-profit organization dedicated to improving systems interoperability and innovation in technology for learning.

Acronym: Learning Management System. Manages the administration of training, usually includes functionality for course catalogs, launching courses, registering students, tracking student progress and assessments.

Learning Technology Standards Committee. A committee of the IEEE that develops technical standards, recommended practices, and guides for computer implementations of education and training systems.