Use of Internet for Education Learning among Female University Students of Punjab, Pakistan

Ghulam Safdar; Salman Amin; Muhammad Naeem Javed

Abstract:

Current era is called era of internet technology. Internet provides platform where variouschannels are just one click far away. The core aspire of thisresearch study was to explore internet use for educationallearning targeting public universities female studentsbelonging to Punjab Pakistan. The study recorded student’sinternet usage pattern, level of usage, preferred viewingsites, favorite visiting sites, and most usage time and corereasons of using internet. It also analyzed demographicinformation of respondents such as hostelries or home,class and urban or rural areas. The study crossed checkedthe opinion regarding internet usage as well as demographic characteristics. The data was collected using survey methodology. A total sample size of N=1157respondents were taken from six selected public sectorsuniversities with highest student statistical rate usingmulti-level sample technique. The collected data wasanalyzed using SPSS and study focused how femaleuniversity students think about internet as a medium of educational learning at undergraduate, graduate andpost-graduate level. The study concluded that internetusage is more common and is the source of inspirationamong female for educational learning and enhancedlearning trends and searching educational content. Usinginternet causes dual learning i.e. educational and technological for female and due to multimedia content,internet is a more effective source of learning for femalethan text books.

research from:

• Foundation University - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Year:

2020

Type of Publication:

Article

Journal:

Universal Journal of Educational Research

Volume:

8

Number:

8

Pages:

3371-3380

Month:

8

DOI:

10.13189/ujer.2020.080809