In this article, we demonstrate how faculty can integrate World Wide Web projects into course assignments, We explore: (a) implementation of electronic term papers (ETP), (b) pedagogical objectives of the assignment, (c) educational benefits of the ETP, (d) an exemplar ETP, (e) grading of ETPs, (f) resource and copyright issues, and (g) student evaluations of the approach. Our goal is to demonstrate how students and faculty can join together to use new technologies in a collaborative fashion that results in student self-discovery and self-construction of knowledge.
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