IMPACT OF INTERNET USE ON THE EDUCATIONAL BEHAVIOR OF STUDENTS

Abstract

Internet is among the magnificent technological advancements. It is a useful instrument of information technology that shapes the world as a global village. This is a universal fact that the use of internet has a great impact on the student’s academic achievement, educational behavior and social life. The study was conducted to analyze the impact of Internet use on the educational behavior of students in different public-sector universities of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The quantitative research method was used. The primary objective of the study explores and analyzes the impact of internet on the educational behavior of students. The study will be helpful for the university students, researchers and curriculum developers in order to find out the correlation of use of internet in educational behavior. The study is significant for the university teachers to analyze the effective of use of internet on educational behavior of the students. Conclusions were derived in the light of explored impacts on the educational behavior of the students (if you mean to say this). Seventy (70) university students, selected from various universities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were surveyed. The study discloses that majority of the respondents were the users of internet. The study reveals that internet usage has both good and adverse impacts on the internet users.