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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   brand if you've enjoyed this video please be  sure to click like subscribe to this channel   and hit the bell to be notified of new videos  weekly if you are interested in online education   trends that are causing this massive demand for  lms's and platforms please check out this video   thanks for watching and until  next time stay awesome you