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The use of World Wide Web (WWW/Web) as a teaching and learning tool is now rapidly expanding into education. Web-based learning is one of the newest tools for education and other related fields. However, the Web is a confusing technology for beginning computer users because it can be used in so many different ways. Thus, if there is a mismatch in the use of the Web for learning, it can lead to loss of the learner's attention, boredom, information overload, and frustration. In order to employ Web-based learning in an appropriate way, the authors offer five different views of considerations that take into account the constructivist paradigm. These five considerations include pedagogy, instructional structure, interaction, technology, learners' characteristics.[PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]