The effect of Web2.0 on learning management system

Abstract

With the development of online education, online teaching and online learning are playing an increasingly important role in modern teaching. Learning management system (LMS) is basic environment of developing online learning. It has offered a network environment of study and work for teachers and students, it is a conservative technology for managing group, providing tools, and delivering content. Media coverage of Web 2.0 concentrates on the common applications/services such as blogs, video sharing, social networking and podcasting—a more socially connected Web in which people can contribute as much as they can consume.web2.0 created enormous challenges to LMS. According to a literature search and empirical investigation, this study describes the effect of Web2.0 on LMS. The first is integrating Web 2.0 Features into a Learning Management System, using edu2.0 as an example. The second is using web2.0 applications as an LMS. The main advantages of choosing web2.0 as LMS and a case are showed. At last, it tells us how to choose between the LMS and the web2.0.