An investigation into Internet usage among faculty members of Azarbaijan Teacher Education University
Subject Areas : Journal of Knowledge Studies
mosa majidy
1
(Faculty member of Islamic Azad University, North Tehran Branch)
shahla rasoli
2
(MSC in library and information science, Islamic Azad University , North Tehran Branch)
Keywords: Internet, Faculty members of Azarbaijan Teacher Education University, Internet use,
Abstract :
The purpose of this study is to analyze the rate of Internet use by faculty members of Azarbaijan teacher Education University. The method used is descriptive. To gather information, the researcher has used questionnaires including 24 questions. The research community included 128 faculty members of Humanities, Basic Science and Engineering disciplines. Research findings indicated that more than 95 percent of them have access to Internet via university. There was also a significant difference among the faculty members of three disciplines regarding the ability in using Internet facilities such as e-mail. Moreover, there was no relationship between the scientific rank of the faculty members and their Internet use. As a result, the hypothesis of this study wasn’t confirmed. The research activities and accessing update information are the most important purposes of Internet use by subjects. The faculty members have mentioned the fact that they became familiar with Internet by their friends and colleagues. About 60 percent of Internet users spend 30-60 minutes every session they work with Internet. As conclusion, the faculty members believe that the Internet use has a great influence (43%) on their professional and research activities because they can have an easy and quick access to information resources via Internet. The faculty members have also noted that they can have access to original documents by the help of the message sent to their mentioned e-mail address. Finally, attending workshops and instructional classes to improve the faculty members' awareness of Internet use, providing access to Internet with a reasonable cost and improving the quality of connecting lines are suggested.
