واقع استخدام شبكة الإنترنت كأداة لجمع البيانات لأغراض البحث العلمي و معيقات استخدامها لدى أعضاء هيئة التدريس في كلية التربية بجامعة اليرموك

Abstract EN

The study investigated the extent of utilizing the Internet as a data collecting tool, as well as, the constraints encountered by the teaching staff members in the faculty of education at Yarmouk University.

To collect data, a questionnaire was distributed to 60 staff members during the academic year 2004/2005.

The study findings revealed that all staff members utilized the Internet.

The findings also revealed statistically significant differences at (α ≥ 0.05) among staff members in the advantages gained due to English competency in favor of the “excellent” category, as well as in the data collection purpose due to computer skills known by staff members in favor of the “medium” level.

The overall results revealed that the most useful Internet application was “following up recent developments in the specialization of every staff member, and that the most encountered constraints by staff members were : “The scarcity of enough time to use the internet”, and “the scarcity of the full text of articles and studies published on the Internet”.

Among Staff members, Yahoo was the most employed site for scientific research purposes. Recommendations emphasized the full utilization of the internet.