Unfortunately, many students now gravitate to the web as the initial and sometimes only source for research information. However, professors can promote focused web research by developing organized and meaningful assignments tied to course objectives. Become a web expert in your field of study. Survey other faculty locally or through listservs to see what web sites or topics they have used for assignments. You will retrieve many sites for high school and below, but they may provide ideas you can customize for your own assignments.
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