lams LAMS, the Learning Activity Management System, is an open source Learning Design system for designing, managing and delivering online collaborative learning activities. It provides teachers with an intuitive visual authoring environment for creating sequences of learning activities. These activities can include a range of individual tasks, small group work and whole class activities based on both content and collaboration. LAMS is "inspired" by the concept and principles of IMS Learning Design[ (Excerpt from Wikipedia article: Learning Activity Management System (LAMS)) 2 4 0.1 http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/sites/all/datacharts/hc/13681-chart-wp.html