Perception of Internet Usage and Information Technology Provided in Classroom Learning at Colleges, Ubonratchathani

Abstract

            The Internet continues to grow, and the impact of the information technology revolution goes beyond the Internet which is the shift from analog to digital technologies. This research paper investigates the perception of internet usage and information technology provided in classroom learning at Colleges, Ubonratchathani. The purpose of the paper is 1) to study the perception of internet usage and information technology provided in classroom learning at Colleges, Ubonratchathani and 2) to compare the relative perceptions of internet usage and information technology provided in classroom learning classified by differences in gender, marital status, levels of education, age groups and workplace experience. A total of 354 respondents were proportionate sampled and randomly simple sampling. The data collection method was the questionnaire. They were asked to answer the questionnaire, of which the  reliability test yielded the Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient of 0.85. The quantitative study used the frequency, the percentage, the arithmetic mean, the standard deviation for analysis, t-test and One-way ANOVA statistics for hypothesis testing. The survey results revealed that 60.5 percent of respondents were female, 43.2 percent married, 51.4 percent having baccalaureate degrees, the ages between 36-50 years accounted for 43.2 percent. Thirty-two percent of respondents were teachers and staff with over 11 years of experience. The overall mean averages and standard deviation showed high level of perception of internet usage and information technology provided in classroom learning at colleges. The t-test score of .079 was statistical insignificant for gender differences regarding perception of internet usage and information technology provided in classroom learning. The One - Way ANOVA statistical test of having personal characteristics as independent variables, namely marital status, levels of education, age groups and workplace experience, regress on dependent variable the perception of internet usage and information technology provided in classroom learning, the statistical tests were insignificant at the level of 0.05.