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== Definition ==
== Definition ==


Within IMS specifications '''learning technology system''' (LTS) is used to define run-time environments for '''IMS Content Packages''' (including [[IMS Simple Sequencing]] or [[IMS Learning Design]].
Within IMS specifications, '''learning technology system''' (LTS) is used to define run-time environments for '''IMS Content Packages''' (including [[IMS Simple Sequencing]] or [[IMS Learning Design]].


A '''web-based''' learning technology system is "a learning technology system that uses web-browsers as the primary means of interaction with learners and the Internet or an intranet as the primary means of communication among its subsystems and with other systems." [ LESTER]. See [[LMS]].
A '''web-based''' learning technology system is "a learning technology system that uses web-browsers as the primary means of interaction with learners and the Internet or an intranet as the primary means of communication among its subsystems and with other systems." [http://lester.rice.edu/ LESTER]. See [[LMS]].


== Tools ==
== Tools ==


* Usually an ITS is an [[Learning management system]] (LMS)
* Usually, an LTS is an [[Learning management system]] (LMS)


* For examples of stand-alone players, see the [http://www.reload.ac.uk/ Reload Players].
* For examples of stand-alone players, see the [http://www.reload.ac.uk/ Reload Players].

Revision as of 16:02, 10 April 2006

Definition

Within IMS specifications, learning technology system (LTS) is used to define run-time environments for IMS Content Packages (including IMS Simple Sequencing or IMS Learning Design.

A web-based learning technology system is "a learning technology system that uses web-browsers as the primary means of interaction with learners and the Internet or an intranet as the primary means of communication among its subsystems and with other systems." LESTER. See LMS.

Tools