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Definition
The term "LMS" was coined to describe the management portion of PLATO, the first computer based learning system, used at the University of Illinois -
CALC
The computer assisted learning center was founded in New Hampshire offering an offline computer-based education opportunity -
The move to PCs
SoftArc releases FirstClass, the first LMS to work on a personal computer rather than a mainframe computer. -
Moodle
Moodle is released as one of the first open source LMSs -
SCORM
Shareable Content Object Reference Model, a set of standards for training technology, becomes the basis for many current Learning Management Systems. -
The Cloud
Saas LMS becomes the first to use cloud-based technology so that companies and schools do not have to install additional software to operate.