Tools and Platforms
Learning Management System
What is a Learning Management System (LMS)?
A Learning Management System is a platform used to deliver, organise, and track learning across an organisation. It can store a wide variety of learning resources such as videos, documents, discussion activities, assessments, schedules, and eLearning modules.
Why does a Learning Management System matter?
An LMS matters because organisations need a central and reliable place for learning delivery and reporting. Without one, learning becomes difficult to manage and compliance records become fragmented.
What does a Learning Management System include?
What organisational and strategic elements influence LMS use?
An LMS must support the organisation’s structure, workforce patterns, compliance requirements, and learning strategy. Emergent Learning helps organisations determine what they need their LMS to achieve.
What analytical processes influence LMS decisions?
Analysis includes understanding learner needs, workflows, reporting expectations, technical constraints, and the modes of learning the LMS must support.
What implementation or resource considerations are involved?
Implementation requires user experience design, content migration, role-based permissions, integrations, reporting structures, and administrator capability.
What results or outcomes does an LMS produce?
A strong LMS improves learning access, reduces administrative burden, supports compliance, and gives leaders visibility of progress.
What partnership or support elements are required?
Success relies on collaboration between learning teams, IT, system administrators, and subject matter experts.
What investment considerations influence LMS choices?
Success relies on collaboration between learning teams, IT, system administrators, and subject matter experts.
What does an effective LMS process look like?
Where do I start?
Begin by understanding the purpose of the LMS and the role it plays in the broader learning ecosystem.
What is involved in implementing or refreshing an LMS?
Implementation includes configuring pathways, navigation, content, reporting, and user experience.
What does the process produce?
A well-organised LMS where content is easy to find, complete, and track.
What is the expected outcome?
Improved delivery, reporting clarity, compliance, and learner experience.
How can organisations improve the way they use their LMS?
How can we create clearer learning pathways inside the LMS?
Learning pathways should guide learners through content in a logical way aligned to role requirements.
How do we keep the LMS relevant across different teams?
Content should be mapped to roles, refreshed regularly, and aligned to capability needs.
How can we support leaders to use LMS reports effectively?
Leaders benefit from clear guidance on how to interpret data and support learners.
How do we measure whether the LMS is working well?
Look for improved engagement, fewer issues, accurate reporting, and meaningful learning outcomes.
Examples of LMS use in organisations
A compliance-focused organisation streamlines mandatory training.\nA dispersed workforce accesses videos and microlearning.\nA leadership program uses diverse learning methods and the LMS tracks participation.