SaaS LMS: An alternative to the virtual training

Abstract

An e-learning program success depends on the LMS, according to specific organizational needs. The main obstacle facing many organizations is the initial investment involving an LMS. By incorporating an environment of e-learning in the workplace, it is important to choose a LMS built as a SaaS solution, which allows adapting its characteristics to the requested requirements, making it easy to handle and requiring little administrationt. Under the project “Design of a technological production line of virtual learning objects”, this article presents an exploration about the alternative of using SaaS LMS as alternative management in e-learning, exploring features that provides a SaaS LMS. For such purposes the development of Cloud computing applications will be studied, making a general characterization of SaaS and LMS, analyzing the types of LMS and interoperability of applications and LMS, work to follow and conclusions.