The University of Wisconsin System (UWS) has attempted to establish a well-defined set of support services for Internet-based teaching and learning for its 27 campuses and LI (Learning Innovations, a UWS organization that focuses on total online programs). The objectives of these services are: to provide all University of Wisconsin (UW) campuses with the opportunity to use distributed learning technologies to enhance teaching and learning, to guarantee a learning and teaching system infrastructure that enables on-campus and off-campus network-based courseware, and to provide a longer term funding model that will ensure core distributed learning services for all faculty and teaching staff. UWS's Distributed Learning System Environment has several services, including a Web-Based Learning System (WBLS), which is the focus of this paper. Discussion includes: faculty and student benefits; dot.edu, an Application Service Provider for the State of Wisconsin and beyond; the dot.edu partnership model; goals and mission of dot.edu; and lessons learned and reasons for success. (AEF)