Possibly the most significant software development / elaboration so far in managing e-Learning which has also raised the level of current interest for Learning Design is The Learning Activity Management - LAMS, created by James Dalziel from Macquarie University in Sydney (Australia), MELCOE Center (Macquarie E-Learning Center of Excellence) and WebMCQ Ltd. In developing this system LAMS Foundation for free implementation and LAMS International for commercial implementations are involved.

LAMS is an online environment for creating and managing educational activities. It allows sequencing learning activities in a specific order with a friendly interface.

Although LAMS does not implement IMS-LD specification, this system embodies the basic ideas of learning design in terms of focusing on creating sequences of activities and not on content. LAMS also functions as a rolling environment for sequences of LAMS activities.

One of the attractive features of LAMS sites is that it provides a simple and intuitive user interface that allows the course designer to ‘pull’ (drag and drop) LAMS tools in the working space and use arrows to organize learning in sequence activities.

A limitation of LAMS is that LAMS sequences cannot be exported for use or re-used in other media. LAMS sequences can be run only in the LAMS media. The positive aspect is that LAMS works as a medium for developing sequences of activity and as the player.

Application of LAMS is capable of running more sophisticated functionality (e.g. real-time monitoring of sequences by the teacher) than it would be possible if the sequence of activities were transferred to another medium.
In addition, in LAMS a variety of other software tools that broadly match the domain "learning design" (designing for learning) exist, but which does not implement IMS-LD.

Many of these tools are designed to support the creation and management of specific learning activities such as developing conceptual maps (e.g. MindMap) or role-play scenarios (e.g. Kartouche) etc.
LAMS can be used as an autonomous system or in combination with other Learning Management Systems (LMS) like Moodle, Sakai, LRN, WebCT and Blackboard.

Currently, LAMS is one of the most interesting tools and is the first software tool that has convincingly demonstrated the concept of learning design in practice.