%0 Conference Paper %B World Conference of the WWW, Internet and Intranet-WebNet 99, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA %D 1999 %T A Web-enabled Communication Environment for the Education Community %A Christos Bouras %A S Kontogiannis %A A Bazaios %A A Zoura %X The research and development of computer-based, networked learning environments will be built around electronic communication and collaboration services that will play a significant role in the improvement of the learning procedure. Applications of this kind provide tutors and trainees with the ability of continual, close and efficient cooperation, en masse as well as individually. The goal of this work is the presentation of a communication environment that was developed in the framework of Odysseas project. The flexible design and implementation of basic communication services, accompanied with a friendly user interface, comprise an ergonomic environment and ensure the introduction of information technology in education as a daily communication and collaboration tool. %B World Conference of the WWW, Internet and Intranet-WebNet 99, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA %P 1198 - 1199 %8 25 - 30 October %G eng