In the paper the new possibilities of eLearning 2.0 management systems for knowledge production, experience sharing and communication are presented. The Web 2.0 effects and mechanisms for knowledge capturing and construction are discussed. Reviews of seven new generation learning systems are done with aim one of them to be selected for knowledge building and competence development during the university education as well as after degree receiving. The analysis of eLearning 2.0 management systems is performed in context of the IEEE LTSA (Learning Technology Systems Architecture) component architecture.
With the current shift in web technology called Web 2.0, many e-learning experts compare the traditional view of e-learning with the expected level of e-learning services and find common problems with present LMS platforms. Primarily, we will identify the most important properties of an E-learning 2.0 platform. Secondly, a prototype, Java-based opensource E-learning 2.0 platform L2 will be introduced and evaluated.
In this paper we present some results of the project LEBONED which deals with the integration of digital libraries and their contents into Learning Management Systems. After describing in brief how the architecture of a standard Learning Management System has to be modified to enable such an integration, we present in more detail the LEBONED Metadata Architecture which describes the process of importing and processing documents and their metadata from digital libraries. Finally, we give a short discussion about our decision to physically store imported documents in an content repository of the Learning Management System instead of leaving them in the digital libraries.