Basic Internet Services Environment for the Education Society

Computer-based, networking learning environments play a significant role in the improvement of the learning procedure. Electronic communication and collaboration services provide tutors and trainees with continual, close, and efficient 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 significant innovation in the field of education. Educational applications are increasingly based on the World Wide Web, combining simplified access to the application and integration into a Web-based learning environment. This work presents a flexible 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