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ICT Usage in Educational Institutions

Waghmode Manisha L.1, Dr. Pallavi P. Jamsandekar2
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Assistant Professor, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University, IMRDA, Sangli.

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Professor, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University, IMRDA, Sangli.

Abstract:

Information and communication Technology (ICT) is set of technological tools and resources used to communicate, generate, publish, store, and manage information. These technologies include computers, the Internet, broadcasting technologies (radio and television), and telephony. Among all these Internet plays an important role in educational field. Internet is advantageous to conduct activities in educational institution. The internet is group of websites providing multiple services. It has become an integral part of our daily life. This paper describes the usage of internet in educational institutions. The study uses a questionnaire method for collecting primary data from teachers of professional institutes like management, computer and engineering, and it is based on secondary data collected through online resources & book. Sample is selected randomly from few institutions in Sangli district. Sample size is 50. i.e. data is collected from 50 respondents. From the overall analysis it is observed that most of the teachers use the internet in institution and at work place.

Keywords: ICT, Internet, Teaching.

1. INTRODUCTION
Internet has emerged power tool learning. It also allows teachers and students to interact, share and exchange information. Wiki is a website which uses wiki software and allows creation and editing number of interlinked web pages to generate content on web. Today we observe the capacity of technology to provide support for customized educational programs to meet the needs of individual learners [1], and the growing use of the Internet and WWW as tool for information access and communication [2]. Internet is a computer network made up of thousands of network worldwide. The internet made the world smaller. ICT is a force that has changed many aspects of the way we live [4]. The growing use of ICTs as tools of everyday life have seen the pool of generic skills expanded in recent years to include information literacy and it is highly probable that future developments and technology applications will see this set of skills growing even more. [3] It is now possible to access almost everything through the internet and many companies conduct all their business activities this way. Using internet one can shop any product, book the ticket. Ordering books, furniture and everything imaginable is now available on the internet. Directories and guides, telephone directories and Volume 2, Issue 3 May June 2013

discussion platforms are all services provided by the internet. In educational institution there is need to use internet for accessing recent information from world wide. Which techniques are applied in reputed institution we can get all such information using internet. Internet provides us latest information about how the educational institutions work in foreign countries, government rules and regulation, latest technologies we can adapt while teaching. Using internet teachers can get relevant current updated material, current happenings. Not only teachers but students also can avail the information regarding technology and expert advice. e.g. [5] or lesson plans and work sheets for students, including various suitable Internet links and additional materials [7]. The Lesson Plans Page [6] implement while delivering lecture etc., there are multiple alternative solutions available to teachers through internet. There are websites which gives the teaching methodology means what to teach, how to teach, e.g. www.khanacedamy .com is a website where anyone (students or teacher ) can get free access of e-resources those are helpful for us for self learning. In teaching learning is central point that means both teachers and students they are in learning mode. They have to learn new things and for doing this internet plays an important role. Today we can easily adopt some advanced teaching techniques in our institution, get all recent information using internet and for doing research we can use online journals and easily download the required information.

2. OBJECTIVE
1. To study awareness of internet in educational field 2. To study use of internet in educational institute 3. To study role of internet in education.

3. HYPOTHESIS
1. There is significance difference between age and average hours spend on internet. 2. Internet usage is independent on annual income 3. Internet is used mainly for browsing and e-mail. 4. Internet usage and effectiveness of teaching are independent.

4. ROLE OF INTERNET IN EDUCATION FOR TEACHERS LESSON PREPARATION

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Collection of instructional material. For research purpose. Gaining global Expertise knowledge. For improving effective teaching. For data analysis. We can get so many free software packages as per our requirements. Acquire global information and teaching practices. Hypothesis1: There is significance difference between age and average hours spend on internet. This null hypothesis is tested using chi square test Table1: Avg. hours spent on internet across by people in different age groups Avg. Age in years Total Hours spend on internet (hrs)
18 29 Usa ge % 66 47 65 3049 U sa ge % 27 40 25 Ov er 50 1 2 2 5 Us ag e% 7 13 10 15 15 20 50

Above table shows the information about Annual income and internet usage and the percentage of the respondents. Here using chi-square test calculated value of and table value of is 19.64 for 3 degree of freedom at 5% level

of significance is 7.8. So that here calculated value of is greater than table value of hence we reject the hypothesis that means Internet usage is independent on annual income is rejected and hence we conclude that Internet usage is dependent on annual income is true. Hypothesis3: Internet usage is independent on its features. This is null hypothesis is tested using chi square test Table3: Internet usage and its features Features Internet Usage Total Used % Not Used % Browsing 22 100 0 0 22 E-mail 21 95 1 05 22 Other 5 83 1 17 6 Total 48 2 50 Above table shows information about different features used by respondents. Using chi-square test calculated value of is 5.83 and table value of for 2 degree of freedom at 5% level of significance is 5.99. So that here calculated value of is less than table value of hence we accept the hypothesis that Internet usage is independent on its features. It means we use internet depending upon its features is true. Hypothesis4. Internet usage and effectiveness of teaching are independent. Table4: Internet usage and Teaching effectiveness Teaching Internet Total Effectiveness Used % Not % Used Effective 37 92 3 08 40 Not Effective 7 70 3 30 10 Total 40 10 50 Above table shows information about Internet usage and respondents opinion about teaching effectiveness. Here using chi-square test calculated value of table value of is 4.53 and for 1 degree of freedom at 5% level of

< 1 hrs. 2-4 hrs. 5-8 hrs. Total

10 7 13 30

4 6 5 15

Above table shows the information about average hours spend on internet and the age wise percentage of usage. Using chi-square test calculated value of table value of is 2.19 and is less for 4 degree of freedom at 5% level of

significance is 9.488. As calculated value of

than table value of , hence we accept the null hypothesis that there is significance difference between age and average hours spent on internet. Hypothesis2: Internet usage is independent on annual income Table2: Annual income and internet usage Annual Internet Usage Total income (in Usage % Non % lakhs) Usage Under 02 20 8 80 10 1,00000 1000008 80 2 20 10 200000 20000022 88 3 12 25 300000 300000 and 5 100 0 0 5 above Total 37 13 50

significance is 0.455. So that here calculated value of is greater than table value of hence we reject the null hypothesis Internet usage and effectiveness of teaching are independent and hence we conclude that Internet usage and effectiveness of teaching are dependent.

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Table5: Frequency of use of various internet features
Internet used for/ Features Archie Chatting online Comparing prices of different suppliers Create own web pages Did homework /research for school Download free software E-banking E-mail Engaged in online banking File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Internal communications Listen to audio online Listserv/ Discussion Group Marketing/advertising Obtain investment / Financial news or advice On-line database services Payment of bill online Playing games Purchasing, ordering Read daily news Read online magazines/Journals Remote login (Telnet) Search engines (e.g. Google) Sent electronic greeting / post cards Travel bookings Viewed personal web pages Visit health sites Visit music , movie sites Visit sports sites Any other Percentage 5 25 10 25 50 50 20 98 20 10 5 45 30 2 10 10 8 10 15 8 25 35 5 98 25 25 25 25 50 25 2

Table8: Annual Income and Internet Usage Annual Income Rs. Percentage Under 1,00000 20 1,00000-2,00000 20 2,00000-3,00000 50 3,00000-4,00000 10 Table 8 shows that respondents with income of Rs. 200000-300000 use internet more as compared to other income levels. Table9: Frequency of internet usage Internet use for Percentage Daily 55 2-3 times a week 42 2-3 times a month 3 Once in a month 0 Table 9 shows that most of the respondents use internet daily. It has become a regular need. Table10: Average hours spend in a week to use internet Average Hours spent in a week for internet Less than 1 hour 2-4 hours 5-9 hours Percentage 30 30 40

Table11: Location of internet use Location Percentage At college or work place 65 At home 25 Cyber caf 10 From table 11 it is observed that 70% respondents use internet at college and only 30% of them use internet at home. Table12: Average amount spent in a month on internet usage Average amount spent(Rs) 100-200 200-300 300-400 400-500 500-1000 Percentage 60 20 20 00 00

Table5 shows the internet used for various facilities provided by internet. From the table1 it is observed that about 98% respondents use internet for sending and receiving e-mails and searching for information using Google search engine. Table6: Internet & e-commerce Access by gender Type Percentage Male 60 Female 40 Table6 shows that 60% men and 40% women access the internet. Table7: Age wise Internet usage Age (years) Percentage 18-29 60 30-49 35 50-65 05 Table7 shows that use of internet are between age 18-29 years are more as compared to age 65 and above.

Table 12 shows that 50% respondent spent Rs. 100-200 monthly for internet usage. Table13: Reasons for not using an Internet Reasons Cost issues (general) Set-up / equipment costs Ongoing costs Maintenance costs Percentage 8 16 5 8 Page 25

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Dont have access / computer No benefit to company/work Too difficult/ability to use, understand Lack of personal contact Slow / unreliable technology Concern over viruses Concern over security 16 3 3 5 10 16 10 [2]. Oliver, R. & Towers, S. (2000). Benchmarking ICT literacy in tertiary learning settings. In R. Sims, M. OReilly [3]. Ron Oliver, The role of ICT in higher education for the 21st century: ICT as a change agent for education. [4]. S. Sawkins (Eds). Learning to choose: Choosing to learn. Proceedings of the 17th Annual ASCILITE Conference [5]. http://www.classroom.com/community/experts [6]. http://www.lessonplanspage.com [7]. http://it.pedf.cuni.cz/~bobr/role/ch54.htm

Table 13 shows the reasons why respondents dont use internet and e-commerce. From this table data it is observed that most of the respondents were not used internet due to virus and setup / equipment problems.

5. CONCLUSION
Internet usage helps to improve the quality of education, and hence if we use internet and its features in education then it can enhance productivity and international competitiveness. In educational institution main aim is to acquire updated knowledge use of new teaching methodologies and we can make availability of such recent teaching techniques using internet. An information-based society or knowledge based society is comprised of IT products, IT applications with help to improve economy as a whole. The Internet is boosting efficiency and integrates business in developing countries. The developed countries have long lead over the developing countries in the telecom infrastructure. Same is true for electronics, Internet connections, and the number of Internet hosts. Many online products and services are provided by internet. The study concludes that there is significance difference between age and average hours spent on internet, Internet usage is dependent on annual income, also on availability of internet features, Internet usage and effectiveness of teaching are dependent. And hence it is todays need to use internet in educational institution for updating and enhancing their knowledge so that students as well as teachers get benefited from and anyone can learn difficult subjects also using simple methodology provided through e-learning portals.

6. FUTURE SCOPE
The data collected is only from few representative educational institutions. In future there is scope to collect the data from different institutions among different states. We can also collect the data from students and we can do the analysis from teachers as well as students point of view.

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