01596nas a2200121   4500008004100000245006600041210006600107300001300173520113300186100002101319700002301340856011101363       2001                        eng d00aBasic Internet Services Environment for the Education Society0 aBasic Internet Services Environment for the Education Society  a 35 - 443 aComputer-based, networking learning environments play a signif-
icant role in the improvement of the learning procedure. Elec-
tronic communication and collaboration services provide tutors and
trainees with continual, close, and eácient cooperation. An increase
in the use of the Internet as a repository of resources for learning,
and also as a means for delivery of specially prepared teaching
materials, is a particularly signißcant innovation in the ßeld of
education. Educational applications are increasingly based on the
World Wide Web, combining simplißed access to the application
and integration into a Web-based learning environment. This work
presents a àexible communication and collaboration environment,
developed within the framework of the ODYSSEAS project, that
may be used by educators. The basic services environment presented
in this paper is built upon the well-known and popular standards
HTTP, SMTP, and POP3 and is accessible to the potential user
through a web browser and connection to a user authentication
server that will handle the user's private information, with minimal
installation cost.1 aBouras, Christos1 aKapoulas, Vaggelis  uhttp://telematics.upatras.gr/telematics/publications/basic-internet-services-environment-education-society