Trends of Students of College of Education for Human Sciences in the University of Karbala Towards Using the Internet

Abstract

The present research aims at identifying students' trends towards using or employing the internet in education. The students were from College of Education for Human Sciences, University of Karbala . The study aims at investigating the existence of statistical variations with reference to sex (or gender) . The sample of the research included 379 students from both sexes, who were given a scale or test that constitutes 21 items . After checking the validity and reliability of the test, it was found that there were positive trends towards the use or employment of the internet in education by the above mentioned students . Besides, the results of the study did not refer to significant statistical differences with reference to sex. In the light of the above findings, some suggestions to hopefully improve students' using the internet in learning were given