Learning Management Systems (LMS) and Learning Content Mangement Systems (LCMS) are specialized forms of Content Mangementment Systems (CMS) used for creating, organizing, and delivering educational material to students, employees, or other types of subscribed users. Educational material is delivered as text, audio, video, visual presentations, or interactive online tools.

eLearning applications may be implemented as Intranets, meaning that users (students) have to register with the system in order to access the educational material, or they can be implemented as Social Networking environments where users (students) have the opportunity to communicate with each other and engage themselves in a variety of group learning activities and discussions.