استخدام طلاب الجامعات السودانية لشبكة المعلومات الدولية (الانترنت)

Abstract

Abstract

This research has investigated the status of using the internet by Sudanese university students: the case study of Neelain university students. The aim was to evaluate the efficiency of the use of the internet to students in terms of the information provided by the Internet. The researcher used the analytical and descriptive method: case study, the historical method as well as the statistical program. I The theoretical framework tackled the research problem, the significance, and the objectives that were aimed to be achieved, in addition to a number of questions that relate to the research topic. The theoretical framework also explained the methodology adopted by the researcher, the limitations of time and place, the instruments that were used, and the key terms which were repeatedly used in the research. Beside these the framework also surveyed the previous studies relevant to the research topic and concluded with the structure of the research. Within the body of the research the researcher previewed generally the information networks as a premise to the internet. In this section the researcher investigated the concept of information, its importance and characteristics, then the information networks with their significance, forms and types. Having reviewed the above aspects, the researcher then specifically investigated the internet as the focus of the study in terms of the concept, historical development and the most important services that are availed in it. In addition to this, the researcher probed into how the internet is accessed and the ways of benefiting from its sen/ices. On the empirical and practical part, the researcher has chosen the students of Neelain University as representatives and a case study of the status of using the internet by the Sudanese university students. The investigation was carried out to measure the efficacy of usage of the web and how the students benefit from its services. As a result the researcher has reached a number of conclusions from which the most important were the students‘ use of the internet was in weak percentages and there were clear in-efficancy of usage therefore it rendered little benefits from the huge services provided by it. The other results show an evident contrast between the level of Neelain university students’ use of the internet and the extent of benefits gained as a result. This is also more obvious among the students of sciences and the empirical colleges whose scale of benefits and efficancy is higher compared with the students from the Arts and Theoretical colleges. The important recommendations that the researcher suggests to raise the standards and efficacy of using the internet with benefits are: the necessity of linking the components of the syllabi and the courses in Neelain University with the internet and the inclusion of the internet as a subject in the syllabus requirements. Added to the above, the researcher also recommends that university teachers should encourage and guide students to use the internet and the establishment of many internet units within the university as well as boosting the potentials of the existing departments. It is also recommended by the researcher to train students theoretically and practically in using the internet to guarantee the efficency and efficiency of benefits from accessing the internet.