Preview

An Assesment of Internet Utilisation in Selected Agricultural Colleges in Plateau State, Nigeria

Best Essays
Open Document
Open Document
3337 Words
Grammar
Grammar
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Writing
Writing
Score
Score
An Assesment of Internet Utilisation in Selected Agricultural Colleges in Plateau State, Nigeria
AN ASSESMENT OF INTERNET UTILISATION IN SELECTED AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES IN PLATEAU STATE, NIGERIA

by

* Akpokodje, Edore T. MInf.Sci, + Akpokodje, Vera MInf.Sci.

*Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology,

P.O. Box 1, N.V.R.I., Vom, Plateau State, Nigeria.

e-mail: eakpokodje@yahoo.com

Tel.: 07035052210

Corresponding Author

+ System Unit, University of Jos Library, Plateau State, Nigeria.

e-mail: veraforlive@yahoo.com

Tel: 08036357386

ABSTRACT
The study investigated the patterns of Internet use among students of agriculture in some selected colleges of agriculture in Plateau State, Nigeria. A well structured questionnaire was distributed among the 128 HND students of agriculture in colleges of agriculture in Plateau State. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) 17.0.1 was used in analysing the data. The present study demonstrates and elaborates the various aspects of Internet use such as; most frequently used place for internet use, purpose for which the Internet is used, use of Internet services, problems faced by users and satisfaction level of users with Internet facility provided in the colleges. The study results revealed that 78.1% of the respondents use the Internet for research, 45.3% access the Internet at a cyber café, slow access speed is the major problem faced by users(48.8%), students between the ages of 20 to 25 years of age spend more time on the Internet than other age categories(43.8%), majority of the respondents utilized the World Wide Web service of the Internet (50.8%) and there is significant association (perfectly positive relationship) between Internet facility, awareness and Internet use. Some suggestions have been put forth to make the service more beneficial for the academic community of agricultural colleges under study.
Key words: Internet Utilisation, Agriculture, Agricultural Tertiary Institutions

INTRODUCTION
In the era


References: Banmeke, T (2010). Internet use by student in selected Departments of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Benin City. Nigeria (Internet) http://ajog.info/index.php/joafss/article/view/1594210. Eita (2009). Evaluating Internet for extension in Agriculture (Internet)http://efita.org/evaluating-Internetforextension.in.agriculture.html Gulam, S (2010) ISOC (2010). Chapter Information/Activities (Internet). http://www.isonig.org.ng/history.htm. page 1 - 3. kumar, R and Kaar, A. (2005). Internet and it’s use in the Engineering College of Puajab, India: A case study. Kergen, K and et al. (2001). Internet use among College Students: ARE there different by race/ellanicity? Slectronig Journal of Sociology (2001). ISSN: 11983655. Lacte, B C (2000). Internet use survey. Analysis Retrieved May 21 2004. From http://www.ship.ecur/bw/survey. Leiner, B. (2010). A brief History of the Internet (Internet) http://www.isoc.org/Internet/history/brief.shfu/ Rainford, C Wikipedia (2010> Arpanet (Internet)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/arpanet. 29th April, 2010. Wikipedia (2010). History of the Internet (Internet) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/history of the Internet. 16th April, 2010. Wikipedia (2010). Statistical package for the social science (Internet) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/statistical package for the social science. 24th July, 2010. Wikipedia (2010. World wide web (Internet) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/wordwideweb. 29th April, 2010. Wikipedia (2010). Cross tabulation (Internet) http://en.wikipediaing/wiki/crosstabulation 29th June, 2010. page 1.
Continue Reading
View Writing Issues

You May Also Find These Documents Helpful

  • Powerful Essays

    Leisure Essay
    • 2460 Words
    • 10 Pages

    Leisure Essay

    MARCIVE-York University. 9/21/2006. Computer and internet use by students in 2003: statistical analysis report. http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2006/2006065.pdf…

    • 2460 Words
    • 10 Pages
    Powerful Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Internet Technology: Biggest Technological Change in the 20th Century
    • 706 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Internet Technology: Biggest Technological Change in the 20th Century

    Information in this day and age has become a very valuable piece of commodity. It is power and whoever holds that power could rule the world. All aspects of our lives are in one way or another is affected by the internet. Marjory Blumenthal (2005) says the internet is everywhere. “The daily news chronicles its advance on the economy; social, civic, and personal activities can be increasingly pursued online”. It has been known that more than two-thirds of people in the United States have access to the Internet and about half of the population has high-speed connections known as broadband. The difference that internet technology has given us is very evident in education. Information can easily be accessed by a student who needs to know about a certain topic. Educational tools for those who have learning disabilities have improved through the availability of research and instructional tools for special education teachers. These can be easily updated and streamed down to anybody who needs them. Even memoranda and policies regarding education can be sent easily through email. Also, it is now standard practice for students to submit term papers through email.…

    • 706 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Better Essays

    Influence of Digital Media on Education
    • 1901 Words
    • 8 Pages

    Influence of Digital Media on Education

    DaBell, M., Chapman, C., Spellings, M., Whitehurst, G., & Schneider, M. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. (2006). Computer and internet use by students in 2003 (2006-065). Retrieved from Institute of…

    • 1901 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Better Essays
    Read More
  • Best Essays

    Environmental and Institutional Factors Influence on Internet Use by the Undergraduates in Selected Federal Universities in South West, Nigeri
    • 3637 Words
    • 15 Pages

    Environmental and Institutional Factors Influence on Internet Use by the Undergraduates in Selected Federal Universities in South West, Nigeri

    Adogbji, B., and Akporhonor, A. B. (2005). The impact of ICTs (internet) on research and studies; The experience of Delta state university students in Abraka, Nigeria. Library HiTech News , 1 (10), 17-21.…

    • 3637 Words
    • 15 Pages
    Best Essays
    Read More
  • Powerful Essays

    Web Based Learning
    • 19465 Words
    • 78 Pages

    Web Based Learning

    Table 1.1 has shown the world internet usage and population statistics. According to the above table, the growth of world internet usage in different region increases significantly. The growth of the Internet and the increase in the wide range of information distributed via the World Wide Web has strong impact on education so the use of the Internet is increasingly common in the educational environment. University should make full use of the development of the Internet in education today in order to increase the learning efficiency of the undergraduate students. The students are among the users of information from the Internet. However, it is important to find out to what area students use the Internet for academic purposes especially undergraduate students.…

    • 19465 Words
    • 78 Pages
    Powerful Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    College Students’ Attitude Towards Online Shopping for Electronic Products
    • 725 Words
    • 3 Pages

    College Students’ Attitude Towards Online Shopping for Electronic Products

    “The Internet has changed how information is communicated and processed. People use the Internet for different purposes, including communicating with friends, researching and monitoring online stock prices, trading stock, paying bills, banking, and shopping. Growing numbers of consumers purchase goods and services, gather product information, or just to browse online”(Demangeot & Broderick, 2007). People today are indeed bombarded with technology. Most people cannot get through the day without their laptops or smart phones, especially for today’s youth. Since today's college students were raised in a technological age. “It is no surprise that internet usage among college respondents has seen a marked increase in recent years” (Budden et al, 2007). “Most college students surveyed enjoy shopping online” (Arnaudovska et al, 2010).…

    • 725 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    How Computer Affects a Student's Reading Habit
    • 773 Words
    • 4 Pages

    How Computer Affects a Student's Reading Habit

    In the same research it is stated; since the emergence of internet in our computers, media dominate activities of students and youth—from play to leisure, family relations to schooling, socialization to education. Because it has made students’ life easier, it had become so powerful that it could shape a person’s attitude, belief, values, and lifestyles. As to the country’s Internet population, an AC Nielsen 2002 survey described it as “urban, young and sophisticated.” Almost half of the total of internet users were the youngest group, aged 12 to 19. Because of this growing issue, there is an emergence of surveys and researches conducted specifically in the first world countries like The United States of America (USA).…

    • 773 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Pwc Ddd
    • 351 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Pwc Ddd

    | No subjects offered in the short semester. How does it affect students in MMU?…

    • 351 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Internet Use and Reading Habits of Higher Institution Students
    • 3724 Words
    • 15 Pages

    Internet Use and Reading Habits of Higher Institution Students

    Within the Nigerian context, it is worrisome to notice the way derogatory comments about the way students apply themselves to modern technologies. Many people have attributed students’ non-challant attitude to reading to the use of the Internet. The reason is that they do not seem to see any correlation between the Internet and reading. The purpose of this study is to examine the Internet use and reading habits of higher institution students in Ekiti State. The study was conducted using a descriptive survey research method. The population for the study consists of one state university, one private university and a federal polytechnic. The simple random sampling technique was used to select the sample that was used for the study. 266 higher institution first year students were randomly selected from the population. This cut across all disciplines ranging from arts to science to engineering and social sciences, inclusive of both sexes. The survey instrument was a questionnaire titled ‘Internet use and reading habits of higher institution students in Ekiti state’. All data were analyzed using simple percentages. Finding revealed that a large percentage of the respondents generally enjoy reading and it could be safely said that the reading culture of the students is favourable since the advent of internet. It also reveals that large number respondents actually engage in activities that may not add value to their academic performance…

    • 3724 Words
    • 15 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    Importance of Information Communication Technology in Technical Education
    • 603 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Importance of Information Communication Technology in Technical Education

    This study is designed to determine the impact of the use of internet on technical college vocational students’ academic performance in Ogun State, Nigeria. The purpose of the study among other things focuses on identifying the attitudes of students toward the use of internet; to determine the purpose of internet usage by students; to find out the intensity of internet usage by students and to find out whether the use of internet improves the academic performance of students or not. Survey method was adopted the research. Data were collected from one hundred and forty (140) technical college students in seven (7) technical colleges Ogun State, Nigeria. Means and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions. Interviews were also conducted with students to compliment the data collected The findings of the study reveals that most of the secondary school students access computer connected to the internet through the use of the cyber café or settings open to the public; the students spend more of their time outside the school and their homes to use the internet; female students are more disposed to the use of the internet for social networking than their male counterparts; most of the special sites students visit on the internet are not for academic engagements or school work; most of the devices used are connected to the internet through the use of modem and the use of internet technology show significant relationship with students academic achievement and it motivates the students to get along with schoolwork. The study however recommended that technology should be embraced in all technical colleges in Ogun State, Nigeria.…

    • 603 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Powerful Essays

    Online Grading System for It Dept. of Nlpsc
    • 1531 Words
    • 7 Pages

    Online Grading System for It Dept. of Nlpsc

    The human revolution is in parallel with the environmental development, social growth and the fast changing world of demands and necessities. That led in the creation of computers and integration of the aforementioned machines in our lives. Until networking jumped in the epoch, internet was borne. Connectivity all over the world was made possible, bridging the gap provided by miles of distance. Soon, the world wide web entered in the spotlight that houses millions of different useful sites advantageous to business firms, religious groups and of course to educational institutions. As for educational institutions, the internet created a vital role in lifting the standard of learning. From this phenomenon is the diversion of benefit from mere classroom setting to the educational services that could be improved through the utilization of computers connected to the internet. For example enrollment can became easier when it was done online. And there’s a lot more to squeeze from the internet including an institution’s grading system.…

    • 1531 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Powerful Essays
    Read More
  • Powerful Essays

    The Role of Internet in Education
    • 3191 Words
    • 13 Pages

    The Role of Internet in Education

    25. Jensen M. African internet connectivity: summary of international ICT development projects in Africa. www3.sn.apc.org/africa/projects.htm(accessed 4 September 2000).…

    • 3191 Words
    • 13 Pages
    Powerful Essays
    Read More
  • Powerful Essays

    Technoliteracy
    • 1675 Words
    • 6 Pages

    Technoliteracy

    IES, (2007), Computer and Internet Use by Students in 2003, Retrieved March, 2008 from the National Center for Education Statistics website: http://nces.ed.gov/Pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2006065…

    • 1675 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Powerful Essays
    Read More
  • Good Essays

    The Research Problem
    • 514 Words
    • 3 Pages

    The Research Problem

    Main Problem: This study probed the influence of length of internet exposure of the first year high school students on their performance in Mathematics in the Philippine Women’s College of Davao during the academic year 2011-2012.…

    • 514 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
    Read More
  • Powerful Essays

    law front page
    • 2168 Words
    • 9 Pages

    law front page

    Over the past 10 years, Malaysia’s media environment has been transformed by the explosion of the Internet and, since 2008 the most of people use the internet for various function such as doing business, education, get the information and entertaiment. For the education and business, the internet give great impact to them who are involve in dealing the business and education. Today most of us like to run the online business because there are several advantages if run the online business such as reduce the cost of equipment and workers.…

    • 2168 Words
    • 9 Pages
    Powerful Essays
    Read More

Related Topics