this book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the second international conference on web-based learning, icwl 2003, held in melbourne, australia in august 2003. the 50 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 118 submissions. the papers are organized in topical sections on web-based learning environments, the virtual university, paedagoical issues, multimedia-based e-learning, interactivity, intelligence in online education, innovative curricula in e-learning, e-learning solutions, and computer supported cooperative learning.