With the rapid development of Web-based learning, a new set of learning - vironments including virtual classrooms, virtual laboratories and virtual u- versities are being developed. These new learning environments, however, also introduce new problems that need to be addressed. On the technical side, there is a need for the deployment of e?ective technologies on Web-based education. On the learning side, the cyber mode of learning is very di?erent from tra- tional classroom-based learning. On the management side, the establishment of a cyber university imposes very di?erent requirements for the set up. ICWL 2005, the 4th International Conference on Web-Based Learning, was held in Hong Kong, China from July 31 to August 3, 2005, as a continued - tempttoaddressmanyoftheabove-mentionedissues.Followingthegreatsuccess of ICWL 2002 (Hong Kong, China), ICWL 2003 (Australia), and ICWL 2004 (China), ICWL 2005 aimed at presenting progresson the technical, pedagogical, as well as management issues of Web-based learning. The conference featured a comprehensive program, including a number of tutorials, two keynote talks, a main track containing regular as well as short paper presentations, and an application track. We received a total of 99 submissions from all over the world. The Program Committee selected 33 papers as regular papers for presentation in the main track, an acceptance rate of about 33%. Due to the high-quality submissions, the Committee decided to further accept 9 papers as short papers for presentation.

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e-Learning Platforms and Tools.- A Core Model Supporting Location-Aware Computing in Smart Classroom.- Student Adoption Towards Web-Based Learning Platform.- ALIAS: An Automated Lab Information Administration System.- An Online Template-Based Authoring System for E-Learning.- Design and Implementation of a J2EE-Based Platform for Network Teaching.- A Web-Based Classroom Environment for Enhanced Residential College Education.- Adaptive Internet Interactive Team Video.- A Prototype of the Web-Based Marine Training Environment.- P2P Video Synchronization in a Collaborative Virtual Environment.- Virtual Experiment Services.- Learning Resource Deployment, Organization and Management.- Designing a Learning Objects Repository -The Views of Higher Education Faculty.- A Novel Resource Recommendation System Based on Connecting to Similar E-Learners.- MECCA-Learn: A Community Based Collaborative Course Management System for Media-Rich Curricula in the Film Studies.- Building Learning Management Systems Using IMS Standards: Architecture of a Manifest Driven Approach.- Constructing a SCORM-Compliant Intelligent Strategy Repository.- Effortless Construction and Management of Program Animations on the Web.- Practice and Experience Sharing.- Student Centered Knowledge Level Analysis for eLearning for SQL.- Web-Based Chinese Calligraphy Retrieval and Learning System.- Computer-Assisted Item Generation for Listening Cloze Tests and Dictation Practice in English.- The Gong System: Web-Based Learning for Multiple Languages, with Special Support for the Yale Representation of Cantonese.- A Novel Multi-agent Community Building Scheme Based on Collaboration Filtering.- Semantic Caching for Web Based Learning Systems.- An Approach to Acquire Semantic Relationships Between Words from Web Document.- Grounding Collaborative Knowledge Building in Semantics-Based Critiquing.- Real-Time Adaptive Human Motions for Web-Based Training.- Experiences in Using an Automated System for Improving Students' Learning of Computer Programming.- Automatic Leveling System for E-Learning Examination Pool Using Entropy-Based Decision Tree.- A Web-Based Environment to Improve Teaching and Learning of Computer Programming in Distance Education.- The Design and Implementation of Digital Signal Processing Virtual Lab Based on Components.- A Design for Generating Personalised Feedback in Knowledge Construction.- Refining the Results of Automatic e-Textbook Construction by Clustering.- ANTS: Agent-Based Navigational Training System.- An Educational Virtual Environment for Studying Physics Concept in High Schools.- Mobile e-Learning.- Mobile learning with Cellphones and PocketPCs.- A Novel Mobile Learning Assistant System.- Context-Sensitive Content Representation for Mobile Learning.- Pedagogical Issues.- Managing Student Expectations Online.- Collaborative Virtual Learning Environment Using Synthetic Characters.- Devising a Typology of LOs Based on Pedagogical Assumptions.- Using Web Based Answer Hunting System to Promote Collaborative Learning.- The Impact of E-Learning on the Use of Campus Instructional Space.- The Research of Mining Association Rules Between Personality and Behavior of Learner Under Web-Based Learning Environment.