As the online education market booms so do the technology options.
Platforms versus Learning Management Systems is usually the first decision point.
In this video I spell out what you need to know about both when working in e-learning.
Hi, Bianca Raby here. Long time educational nerd and in some circles called the digital queen.
In my first year of university, we were learning how to use USBs and check emails.
By the time I was teaching I was integrating smart boards into my lessons.
Now my team and I are constantly consulting with clients globally on the best technology to use to
create the ultimate learning experience for them usually the first decision point is whether they
need a platform or an LMS but there is a third category getting attention so stick around to the
end of this video to find out about this sneaky category of technology that's coming forward.
Let's start with the features of a platform these are generally out of the box designs
so minimal ability to customize as they are created to be drag and drop interfaces
user friendly this is their main value proposition hence the drag and drop nature cost effective
usually a fixed monthly fee with fair tiers to help people scale
their business model is about volume of users so they have an incentive to price well full of
extras their market is generally solopreneurs smaller organizations coaches consultants etc
so they are full of additional tech functions like websites sales pages email services etc.
Some of my favorite platforms are Teachable, Thinkific, Podia and Kajabi.
Platforms are great for people or organizations just starting out who don't need sophisticated
learning design or those who don't have complex assessments as part of their course although in
saying this thinkific have done a lot of work recently to try and cater for higher education
providers they are seeing where they can improve and open up a whole new market for themselves
now to learning management systems or as we educators say lms's
these are generally built for scale obviously they want a good market share but they are more
about their clients scaling these are the systems behind big educational institutions
hugely customizable so they allow for lots of custom code elements and changes to just about
anything they provide the base and it's up to the user to make it work for their learners
more secure with localized servers and robust data management they are generally more secure
assessment friendly they are built with higher education in mind so their assessment
functionality is exceptional the leading lms's in the market are Canvas, Moodle and Blackboard.
At Oppida our favorite is Canvas as we love to customize everything when we get a chance
so as i mentioned at the start of the video there is an emerging category of edtech that we need
to watch these are the learning experience platforms for lxps these are what you get
when an lms and netflix have a baby they are formally defined as an ai driven peer learning
experience platform delivered using software as a service sas the key here is peer driven
they are lms's with a layer of excellent ux and a focus on collaboration and autonomous learning
having only built in one of the lxps i don't really have a favorite however my team and i are
watching this space closely and assessing these when we are making recommendations to clients
so what are your favorite platforms lms's or lxps i'd love to hear what people are using
in the market so drop your comments below if you are interested in a free platform analysis check
out the link in the description as we recently published one for our build online courses.co
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trends that are causing this massive demand for lms's and platforms please check out this video
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