Abstract:
Nowadays, the internet has gained a significant place in the field of education.
The internet is one of the main resources for information. Through the internet,
information can be disseminated and retrieve from any location regardless of the
political and geographical boundary. The ease of the internet encourages
institutions of higher learningto employ the internet to support students’ learning.
This study aims to investigate the impact of internet usage on the academic
performance of undergraduates because internet usage has deeply penetrated the
academicians for their academic activities. A structured questionnaire was used to
collect data from 174 respondents by using a simple random sampling technique.
With the literature evidence, frequency of internet use, preferred location of
internet use, academic-oriented internet utilization, social-oriented internet
utilization, recreational oriented internet utilization and their views regarding the
usage of internet have been tested with the student academic performance.
Descriptive statistics,Correlation analysis and Multiple regression analysis were
used to analyze the collected data. Consequently, the findings revealed that
internet use for academic purpose and internet use for social purpose has a positive
significant impact on academic performance.Meanwhile, the frequency of internet
use and internet use for recreational purposes have no significant impact on
academic performance. The findings of this study would help decision-makers in
the education sector in numerous ways.
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