To what extent, however, does this situation apply to a developing country like nigeria. The internet addiction test iat young, 1998 and the online cognition scale ocs davis, 2002 were employed to measure aspects of problematic internet use. The results revealed that students experienced a significant increase in knowledge of mobile apps. Google as a search engine and yahoo as an email service are the most popular among students. The results indicated that internet addiction was positively associated with loneliness among students. The internet usage has grown rapidly during the last decade in almost every country in the world and in jordan specifically.
Odell, korgen, schumcher and delucchi 2000 studied internet use among female and male college students at institutions of higher learning in georgia, hawaii, new jersey, massachusetts and rhode island. More than 25% of those aged 20 or younger said they use smartphones more often than laptops. Relatively new services such as blogsocial networking and file sharing, which were not reported in. The researcher investigated internet usage among students at the university of. Academic journal article international journal of education and management studies a study of internet addiction and its impact on academic performance of university students. Findings of the study revealed that though a considerable number of users were aware about the benefit of library. Technology use on university campuses is increasing beyond emails and web pages as administrators are challenged to meet the needs and demands of the incoming student populations in. This study showed that when university students have the opportunity to use internet resources, almost all of them prefer to use these, rather than classical libraries for their studies, but when the information source satisfaction. Caplan 2007 found that loneliness and the perceived social benefits of online communication are two significant predictors of problematic internet use among university students. Use of internet for academic purposes among students in.
Studies in us college students have been limited in several ways, including reliance on a single class for sampling and the use of unvalidated measures or cutoffs 23,26,27,32. Use of both technologies is higher among whites than among blacks and hispanics. A study on students use of library resources and selfefficacy a thesis submitted to. There were more male participants than female participants. These students, coming from a 16state region, lived on duke universitys east campus while taking college level coursework during parts of. The construct is defined as a measure of the strength of ones intention to perform a specified behavior6. Social media and reading among secondary school students in. Their findings revealed that the majority of the students were not using the internet due to the inadequacy of computers with internet access, lack of skills in internet use and slow speed. The usage of internet banking service among higher learning students in malaysia 2. The purpose of the study was to gather descriptive information about college students internet use and to explore the relationship between types of internet use and wellbeing. Most of the students reported internet usage of more than 5 hours per day. What ethical and social responsibilities does a university.
Research methodology used in this study was by distributing survey questions to 653 university students from five different universities in malaysia. Pdf the paper presents the results of a survey of the undergraduate, graduate and post graduate students of the university of the punjab, lahore. Because these types of filesharing programs tend to clog bandwidth, local users ability to access and use a. Within europe, students in spain reported the highest levels of smartphone usage. A study among university students h s, shubha 2015 relationship between internet use and health orientation. Most of higher education universities have brought the development and implementation of new and innovative teaching strategies in higher education institutions bashir et al. Sep 18, 2003 students who are computer literate had superior mean scores 4. The growth of human civilization is achieved through technological revolution. The novelty of the study is that it is believed to be the first to use. Impact of the internet on academic performance of students.
The survey conducted by monica, curtis and srikanth based on internet use among university students shows that most of the students use this technology for courserelated reading and research needs. People who lose control over their actions in life, and in general, spend more than 38 hours a week online, are considered to have an internet addiction greenfield, 1999. Bimber 2000 found that the gender gap in the internet is larger where more intensive web use is. Pathological internet use among malaysia university. To study the internet access and usage behavior in the. Students introduction science and technology have provided innumerable comforts to the society, there by elevating the standard of living of the masses. However, collaborative learning only has a small positive effect on a students selfefficacy and social skills. New research released by the national school boards association reveals data showing we all might need to reevaluate our assumptions. The report examines the overall rate of use that is, the percentage of individuals in the population who are users, the ways in which students use the technologies, where the use occurs home, school, and other locations, and the relationships of these aspects of computer and internet use to demographic and socioeconomic characteristics such. Pdf this study investigated internet usage among students at the university of. Prevalence and factors associated with internet addiction.
Data collection the data for this study was gathered through the use of a fiftythree item questionnaire. The drug abuse exhibit antisocial behaviors will lead to early alcohol and substance use, suicide and criminal behavior. This study highlights the importance of examining types of internet use in relation to wellbeing. Internet use, motivation, impact, learning benefits motivations behind using the internet several authors have studied the factors that motivate students to use the internet and the consequences thereof. Internet addiction among us college students remains a concern, but robust estimates of its prevalence are lacking.
The research findings indicate that the students level of awareness about the internet services offered at the university was high. The above mentioned researches both in turkey and abroad on the use of the internet for study purposes among university students are dispersed and though indirectly related rather limited in number. The study examined the internet access and use among undergraduate students of bowen university iwo, osun state, nigeria. Similarly, in a 1995 study, kaye found that the usage of www among college students in the.
Ease of work and time saving are the reasons of internet use among university students. Nevertheless, the students believed that the use of internet enabled them to perform. The drug abuse exhibit antisocial behaviors will lead to early alcohol and substance use. Computer and internet use by first year clinical and. Excessive internet use and loneliness among secondary.
This study set out to explore this question by looking at patterns of social media use among secondary school students in enugu. It was used for social, commercial, political, and personal interactions. The students had good basic computer and internet skills. An empirical research on general internet usage patterns. The emotional and social loneliness scale, scale for social networks and a personal information sheet were administered to a sample of 120 61 female, 59 male university students. Review of related literature on the internet use among students internationally there have been many surveys on the internet use and most of. Application procedure all applicants must use the university of namibia application forms available at the university or located on the university of namibia webiste. Participants completed the internet addiction test iat as well as the patient health questionnaire. The faculty not only seeks to engage students in teacher and adult education, but to stimulate professionalism and excellence in research, and community engagement. Internet usage among students information technology essay.
University students usage of the internet resources for research and. Computer and internet use are divided along demographic and socioeconomic lines. Internet use among secondary school students and its effects on their learning conference paper pdf available march 2017 with 20,923 reads how we measure reads. Research methodology used in this study was by distributing survey questions to 653 university students from five different universities in. In terms of the university education, the use of the internet among university students has two forms and three purposes. Camilla brandstrom 17 studied data from five upper secondary school teachers. A survey of the amount of internet usage among high school. Most of the students admitted that they learnt using internet by themselves or through family and friends. The sample consisted of 312 college students 67% female. Internet resources used by university students in their project, and which effects of the internet are observed. Social networks use, loneliness and academic performance. Because these types of filesharing programs tend to clog bandwidth, local users ability to access and use a local network is reduced. Fortson bl1, scotti jr, chen yc, malone j, del ben ks.
Jun 22, 2011 internet addiction among us college students remains a concern, but robust estimates of its prevalence are lacking. Educational systems around the world are under increasing pressure to. Students who are computer literate had superior mean scores 4. This study used leungs motivation of internet use scale leung, 2010 to examine the motivation of internet use among university students. Internet usage among university students in pakistan. This research conducted among students reveals that students make use of the internet. There are gender differences and inequality in both internet access and intensity of use. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the amount of internet usage and its effective factors among high school students of khafr county fars province in the educational year of 20092010. University of namibia admission requirements for ph. I use the audio files on the web pages for my term projects. Most of the university students prefer to use the internet more than they use the library to search for information. Computer and internet use by first year clinical and nursing. An empirical research on general internet usage patterns of. Internet use, abuse, and dependence among students at a southeastern regional university.
According to a study done by steve jones 2002, 73% of university students say that they use the internet to search information more than they use the library while. These programs work by allowing nonorganizational users to access any local network where desired files are located. Online journal of communication and media technologies, spl. One hundred and sixty seven secondary school students were administered a questionnaire for some demographic questions and ucla for determining their loneliness levels. The usage of internet for teaching and learning purposes has received increasing attention over the world.
Review of related literature on the internet use among students. I declare that this study, internet use among university students in kenya. Studies have found that internet mobile learning among collegeuniversity students has. A knowledge of mobile apps assessment form was designed to assess a students knowledge in mobile apps development.
For example aziz 1999 shows that the use of the internet leads to innovation, creativity and self learning p. The purpose of this study is to study the impacts due to internet addiction among malaysian university students. A study of internet addiction and its impact on academic. All applicants must use the university of namibia application forms available at the university or located on the university of namibia webiste.
It turns out kids are actually using the internet for educational purposes. Internet access, use and gratification among university. The usage of internet banking service among higher learning. Pathological internet use among malaysia university students. The population of this descriptive survey research included all the male and female students of khafr county. There were also significant differences in the time spent using the internet among students in different fields of study, with computer science students spending more time online 5. Using the internet for coping purposes related to depression, social anxiety, and family cohesion more so than frequency of use. Luambano and nawe 2004 investigated the internet use by students of the university of dar es salaam. This summarizes the results of a computerized study of the use of the internet for academic purposes by 226 710th graders. The paper recommends that the university authorities should arrange training programs for the students internet use. We conducted a pilot survey of 307 college students at two us universities. Student perspectives on the importance and use of technology. The aim of this study is to analyze the use of the internet and related issues among the teachers and the students of engineering colleges in indias three states viz. The observation that the use of the internet at universities in turkey is yet at a premature stage cag.
There was a significant improvement in the posttest scores of the test group. They have attempted to show there can be negative effect of internet use on these students, which may cause the students to become addicted and to digress from their educational studies. Department of health and physical education, the education university of hong kong, 10 lo ping road, tai po, new territories, hong kong. There is a significant difference in the results of students with internet access and those without internet access.
Internet access and use among undergraduate students of. Ease of work and time saving are the reasons of internet use. Allison brckalorenz, heather haeger, jennifer nailos, and karyn rabourn. The usage of internet banking service among higher. A case study of the university of nairobi, is my original work and that all the sources i have used or quoted have been indicated and acknowledged by means of complete references. The population comprises of 4,800 undergraduate students out of which 300 students were randomly selected from various faculties, 298 questionnaires were correctly filled and analyzed. This study aims to determine the prevalence and factors associated with internet usage among medical students in a public university in malaysia. Internet use, abuse, and dependence among students at a.
This crosssectional study was performed among all the medical students year 15. It has been the fastest growing communication technology and be the major source that connects people, and data. University of ibadan started off as a college of the university of london university college. In terms of internet use for academic purposes, students in social sciences, agriculture and computer sciences scored the highest. Confirmatory factor analyses on a new sample from the same university n 169 verified the 5factor structure. Student perspectives on the importance and use of technology in learning.
Furthermore, students are much more likely to use the internet for social communication, which helps them expand and build new relationships. There are many problems were observed in the use of internet among university students most of the. An analysis of student internet usage and its impact on the. Intention to use this construct was originated from the theory of reasoned action tra by 5. Students use the internet an average of two three days per week. First year clinical and nursing students in ibadan nigeria have not fully utilised the opportunity that the use of computer and internet offer for medical education. Selfreport questionnaires were administered in a large undergraduate psychology course. These students, coming from a 16state region, lived on duke university s east campus while taking college level coursework during parts of july and august, 1998. The association between loneliness and excessive internet use among secondary school students was examined.
Studies have found that internet mobile learning among college university students has. H s, shubha 2015 relationship between internet use and health orientation. Both are validated measures of problematic internet usage and. Estimates of problematic usage in college students vary from 1% to 26% in the us 2328 and between 6% and 19% internationally 2931. A number of publications have studied internet addiction among university and college students. Pdf internet use among university students in kenya. Social media and reading among secondary school students. In a survey of internet usage of the students in the university of the punjab, lahore, pakistan, basir et al. A large number of them have learnt to use the internet tools by themselves, or relying on assistance from friends without attending any formal training programs. H s, shubha relationship between internet use and health orientation. In order to examine the use the awareness and use of online information sources among university of ibadan students, a selfadministered questionnaire was developed for the purpose of data collection.
Tribhuwan university, my supervisor in this study whose comment, insight and suggestions have made this writeup possible. Both are validated measures of problematic internet usage and depression, respectively. A questionnairebased survey was done among 381 students and facetoface interviews were conducted with the university. Internet usage among students information technology essay introduction.
It consists of 17 items and is rated on a five point likert scale that from 1 for not at all satisfied to 5 for very satisfied. This study utilizes a webbased survey with a randomly selected sample of registered undergraduate and graduate students of the university of texas at austin in 2006. Awareness and use of online information sources among. Awoleye, siyanbola and oladipo 2008 found that less than 10% 46, n272 of the total. An analysis of student internet usage and its impact on. An empirical study on symptoms of heavier internet usage among. Among these is whether some individuals develop disturbed patterns of online behavior including internet addiction griffiths, 2000. The results revealed that students experienced a significant increase in knowledge of. Social networks, academic output, tertiary students, internet use, ghana. Pdf internet use among secondary school students and its. Internet usage, challenges, and attitudes among university. Internet filesharing programs are popular among college students. Relationship between internet use and health orientation.
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