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Impact of a Web Resources Exposure Lesson (WREL) on Educational Internet Use in a Limited Resource Society


P Appiah-Boateng

Abstract

The researcher examined Internet use for educational purposes by undergraduate students in the department of Social Studies of the University of Education, Winneba, Ghana. 96 third year undergraduate students were purposively sampled. A demographic survey indicated that students’ use of the internet for educational research was very low. 20% males and 9% females respectively that use the Internet do so mostly to check their e-mails. After exposing students to various search engines on the Internet and guiding them on how to use them efficiently as a learning resource, the post-WREL results showed that Internet use by students for academic purposes increased by 65%. The study revealed the gender differences of Internet use. This paper makes recommendations for orientation programmes, such as the WREL, for students to regularly update their knowledge in technology as a method for improving its use for educational purposes.

Keywords: internet, world wide web (www), social studies students, web resource exposure lesson (WREL)

African Journal of Educational Studies in Mathematics and Sciences Vol. 9, 2011

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