In the lower right window the viewer is at the steps of The National Library of Australia. Anyone who appreciates the pursuit of knowledge can immediately see the implications for learning in this kind of scenario. Creating Knowledge Based Documents Internet and World Wide Web access are rapidly becoming available to schools. The authorial efforts of teachers and students can stimulate a high degree of creativity and involvement. Teachers and students can easily learn to construct their own instructional documents and leverage their knowledge content by linking them to other resources on the Internet.
Instructional materials used successfully in the classroom can serve as an excellent starting point.
For example, Figure 2 shows a Web document based on classroom instructional materials developed by the Virginia Marine Science Museum, Virginia Beach, Virginia. The noted link is made to another WEB document that provides related information. It is easy to place links within a document to include existing Web documents or other Internet functions which support and enrich the main document's instructional objectives. The notion of scalability becomes operative in this kind of learning environment. Students can participate within the Web framework at whatever level of knowledge their expertise and interest allows.