An Evaluation on The Knowledge and The Level of Internet Technology Usage Among Tertiary Students

There is less research conducted to evaluate how students have adopted these new technological developments (internet applications and services) in Ghana. The level and capacity of internet usage among students in Ghana differ significantly from that of students in the developed and underdeveloped countries. Therefore, this study is conducted to address these issues by filling the existing gaps by evaluating the knowledge and level of usage of internet technology among students of Presbyterian University College, Ghana. The study used a descriptive cross-sectional survey to assess the level of students' awareness of the internet services offered by the university. The different types of internet applications and search engines that the students use, the kind of activities students look for on the internet, students' skills in accessing the internet services, and the student's level of skill in evaluating/authenticating the internet content among university students. A disproportional stratified random sampling technique is used in selecting 297 students. The solution from this study revealed that the kind of activities students mostly used the internet for included social media networking, E-learning, discussions /newsgroup, assignments and research communication, recreational purposes, reading news items, streaming and downloading movies. Most respondents did not know or have any skill in evaluating/authenticating internet content. In contrast, a few understood and had some expertise in evaluating and validating the content on the internet.