Abstract
The Internet is an unavoidable resource to students for their day today academic activities and it is now occupies a central role in any academic environment. Student’s academic references have changed dramatically in the recent years. The present day students spending more time on internet and their reading and reference style is changed drastically from the traditional methods. Many students have replaced their text books, reference books and daily newspapers with online editions. The internet behaviours such as data usage (upload, download) and visiting number of websites to their positive (or negative) effect on Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) are analysed in this paper. The sample data in an academic environment is used in this research to elicit the impact on their academic performance. Both descriptive and inferential statistical methods are applied in this research and the research results indicated that internet usage has a marginal impact on students’ academic performance.
Highlights
During the last decade, the academic infrastructure has become digital with increased interconnections among products, processes and services
The study results showed that there were no significant differences in Internet Addiction (IA) in term of cumulative Students’ Academic Performance (SAP)
This paper aims to answer the research questions such as, Is the Internet Usage behaviour has any relationship with Academic Performance? And does the more data usage provides high academic grades?
Summary
The academic infrastructure has become digital with increased interconnections among products, processes and services. The internet is occupies a central role in any academic environment. Student’s academic references have changed dramatically in the recent years. The present day students spending more time on internet and their reading and reference style is changed drastically from the traditional methods. Many have replaced their daily newspapers, text and reference books with online editions. The internet is helping the students to search the academic
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