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Judi Harris' Virtual Architecture Web Page
http://virtual-architecture.wm.edu/
Theoretical model: Internet based activities for telecollaboration and teleresearch.
Links: Examples of curriculum activities that follow the model as well as indexes to projects.
Filamentality
http://www.filamentality.com/
wired/fil/guides.html
Theoretical model: Explains five activity goals for use of the Internet: links, collections, knowledge building, attitudinal change, and problem solving.
Links: Examples of activities and a fill-in-the-blank interactive guides for picking a topic, searching the Web, gathering good Internet sites, and turning Web resources into appropriate activities.
The WebQuest Page  http://webquest.sdsu.edu/
webquest.html
Theoretical model: Inquiry oriented activity in which some or all the information comes from the web. Activity based on problem-solving goal outlined by Filamentality.
Links: Webquests developed for K-adult activities.
OZLINE http://www.ozline.com/ Theoretical model: Tom March, creator of Filamentality and several WebQuests, elaborates on the Filamentality model and developing for novice or web savvy users.
Links: Descriptions of seven types of web formats: references, resources, hotlists, lessons, tutorials, projects, and activities
R-TEC: TrackStar http://trackstar.4teachers.org/ Theoretical model: build scaffolds for web learning.
Links: Teacher made TrackStars and access to a tool to create your own TrackStar 
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Last updated: Spring, 2001