To Investigate The Role of ICT in Enhancing Academic Performance of College Students
Keywords:
Role of ICT, Academic performance, College students, Relationship of ICT and academic performanceAbstract
The purpose of this research was To Investigate The Role of ICT in Enhancing Academic Performance of College Students. For this, 360 students enrolled in intermediate and BS level in Model colleges of Islamabad were selected as study sample. Data was collected from the students through a questionnaire, which asked the students about the use of ICT and how its use has increased their academic performance. This questionnaire was made into a Google form and sent to the students' WhatsApp. Some students were asked to complete this questionnaire by email. The questionnaire data was collected in Google Forms, exported to an MS Excel sheet, and entered into SPSS. Regression analysis was done, and the results were extracted. The main objectives of this research were (a) to investigate the academic performance of students due to the use of ICT and (b) to determine the relationship between ICT adoption and the performance of college students. After applying the regression test, it was found that the academic performance of college students increased greatly with the use of ICT. A positive correlation was found between ICT and the academic performance of college students. It is recommended that (a) the use of ICT is essential to enhance the academic performance of college students. Integrate ICT with the curriculum in every college, (b) it is recommended that college students make full use of ICT to improve their grades and save time, (c) it is recommended that college teachers be given ICT training so that they can improve their teaching using ICT.
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