ABSTRACT
It is hardly overstating things, to muse that in just a few short years the World Wide Web has assumed a pivotal role for an ever-increasing number of stakeholders actively involved in learning, education or training. There are many factors that have contributed to this situation, including: research and development of key technologies that promote interoperability of content and applications (such as XML); increased capacity of telecommunications infrastructure; the ‘rise of the network society’ (Castells, 1996); and an international effort aimed at developing technical standards and protocols to facilitate e-learning.
