Effect of the Internet on the Academic Performance of Students. CASE STUDY: Ladoke Akintola University of Technology
Akinade OO, Adesina OA, Oladimeji LA, Oke A and Adetola BA
Published on: 2023-12-31
Abstract
Academic performance measures student achievement in various academic fields of study. This study is based on the effect of the Internet on student academic performance, in which the educators use the Internet as a device to modify the academic technique inside the study room to improve students’ performance. The study aims to investigate the impact of the Internet on the academic performance of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology students.
This research employs both descriptive and analytical statistics. The Google form questionnaire responses of 817 students were distributed. The questionnaires were distributed using a simple random sampling method among eight faculties, and the data collected was analyzed using ordinal logistic regression. Ordinal logistic regression was performed on the data, and the goodness of fit test was used to determine whether the model fits the data and model-fitting information was used to test the model's validity.
It was observed from the analysis that all three identified variables, (Students' addictiveness to the internet, Exposure of students to the internet, and Use of the internet) were statistically significant (p-value < 0.05) in influencing the academic performance of students.
The following recommendations were made from the findings: school management should educate students on how to use the internet efficiently for academic purposes rather than just social media and should consider how they will sustain the level of exposure of students to the use of the internet so that it does not get out of hand in the future; and school management also should consider how they will improve or encourage students to use the internet to give them greater influence in their academic performance.
Keywords
Internet; Academic performance; Students; Goodness of fit test; Ordinal logistic regressionIntroduction
The software and effect of Information with Communication Technology (ICT) additionally called the Internet is taken into consideration to be a topic of hobby in distinct areas of actual life by and large in education. Educators can now use ICT as a tool that lets in enhancing the academic technique inside the school room to get higher pupil performance. Learning establishments are adopting ICT-primarily based instructional strategies and presenting ICT-orientated academic applications. Recently, the Government of Bangladesh has also followed using ICT within the Bangladeshi Educational Institutions (domestic and abroad), giving significance to this topic. Therefore, college students very own the ICT facilities for each academic and non-academic purposes the usage of diverse smart devices and the internet. The use of ICT for each educational and non-educational purposes poses the needs to assess the scholars’ honesty and educational overall performance.
Nigerians are sure with an environment this is promptly converting and the time spent on non-academic sports has negatively impacted educational performance. This survey investigates the contribution of time spent on the internet through college students to educational success.
The use of artificial intelligence and other educational and non-educational tools on the Internet has allowed students to spend less time studying and more time on the Internet in colleges and universities and it has begun to confront the education standard and it may lower the academic standards. In handling these concerns, we must conduct empirical research to determine to what extent these trends will negatively affect the academic performance of students and use the findings from these studies to improve our academic programs. The study aims of Examine the Influence of the Internet on the Academic Performance of students at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology and determine the exposure of the student to the Internet and their academic performance [1], students who want to do well academically should spend very little time on the Internet. On the contrary, [2] says spending time on internet may be dangerous to college students' overall instructional performance. It is far from the news that Nigerian students have become so reliant on the Internet that they spend very little time conducting research, resulting in a decline in training in Nigeria. However, this study is aid in the development of a conceptual framework for guiding efforts to improve educational overall performance as it relates to time spent on the internet.
The net is one of the most useful equipment in this period of IT international. It is not most effective for enterprises, but for academic factors to enhance the competencies and talents of students which assists them in their studies and professional lifestyles.
Students use the internet as a hub for research in their various fields of look at. This can be visible by using the way the scholars seek advice from the internet for assignments, shows, research works, and examinations.
ICT is an augmented time period for data technology (IT) which accentuates the role of included communications [3]. The use of the net draws customers' eyes to the world's vastness round them. The internet gathers various styles of information that university students and senior high faculty college students use [4,5]. Internet use will keep growing if users are not denied accessibility [6]. People's capacity to access statistics websites which includes social networking web sites, on line sports activities, and cybersex, consistent with latest records, is made feasible via the internet [5]. Most college students have net get right of entry to on their cellular telephones because of internet accessibility, according to analyze conducted by way of [7] on the effect of internet use on academic success and face-to-face communique. Students will make bigger their intellectual horizons because of this [4,5]. Laptop use and on-line aid accessibility are critical for novices [8]. According to [9], owning a computer at domestic with net connectivity is simply as critical for beginners' instructional overall performance as having self-learning abilties. [6] determined that maximum newbies felt the net become a good deal higher and more handy than their faculty libraries, primarily based on their accessibility and use of the Internet by way of senior high school students in Nigeria. Learners see the net as a supply of popular know-how. It aids in growing their reading behavior, which leads to their better educational overall performance. College students appeared the Internet as a supplementary facts supply, main to better instructional performance [4, 10]. [11] said that scholars have access to relevant records, including academic substances through the Internet. This shows that students use the Internet to enhance their academic performance. [12] used university college students to analyze net stores and argued that reliable net sources are crucial for academic Study, particularly in higher-degree guides that require a literature educational evaluation.
Based on [13], it may be concluded that the Internet is normally utilized for leisure sports rather than for academic ones. [14] indicated that students are an increasing number of inclined to utilize the net. Still, they spend maximum in their time using it for non-educational sports which include electronic mail, gaming, and social networking. As a end result, this caused setbacks of their educational plans.
[15] discusses various factors that influence the academic performance of students in secondary schools in India, such as attitude, school resources, leadership, skills and abilities of teachers, classroom environment, the role of parents, social circle, psychological and health factors, motivation, visual and hearing impairments, counseling and guidance, study skills, time management, home environment, teaching-learning methods, approachability, and professionalism. And concludes that in order to achieve good academic outcomes, students need to be dedicated and sincere, the home environment should be pleasant and supportive, and teachers should be approachable and effective in their teaching methods.
[16], conducted a literature review of academic performance, and the factors and their influences on academic outcomes of students at senior high schools. They identify eight factors that affect students’ academic performance: truancy, parents’ levels of schooling and earnings, textbooks, libraries, laboratories, meal provision, and instructors. They conclude that those elements need to be often monitored and adjusted to meet college students’ needs and aspirations.
[17], conducted a comprehensive literature review to evaluate the form of Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) in the main used within the academic area and the high-quality warranty standards to enhance educational performance with the approval of IT governance, they reveal that IT governance has led to new documentation ways, such as written learning outcomes, assessment plans, reports on results and improvement plans.
[18], conducts research to examine the factors that are affecting the academic performance of students in a tertiary institution in Singapore. They show that factors such as gender, nationality, involvement in extra-curricular activities, and intention to pursue higher studies have a significant impact on student’s academic performance, and practicing past year examination papers is the most effective learning method that improves students’ academic scores.
The demographic variables of college students are assumed to affect Internet use and academic overall performance as a result. A demographic contrast was observed that grownup adult males were extra typically accredited for net use than females [8].
The cell phone, diagnosed by way of [19] as one of the devices used to get right of entry to the internet, seems to have an effect on instructional success. They determined that smartphones appreciably have an impact on academic overall performance among senior school students, both male and lady.