A study of Internet Utilization by Students in times of Covid Pandemic: Evidence from Ernakulam district of Kerala

K M, SIBY and V Varghese, Dr.Varun (2021): A study of Internet Utilization by Students in times of Covid Pandemic: Evidence from Ernakulam district of Kerala. Published in: EPRA International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research (IJMR) , Vol. 7, No. 5 (18 May 2021): pp. 363-368.

Abstract

The testing times of Covid Pandemic had made online classes the new norm of academic transmission of knowledge. The inevitability of a smart device and Internet access in a student's life had made drastic changes in their academic perspectives. The present study aimed to analyze the attitude of students towards Internet and online classes based on data collected from 111 student respondents belonging to different age and education categories from different parts of the Ernakulam district of Kerala. The frequency analysis and Chi-Square analysis were applied to study the data and found that gender and age categories had no significant association with time spent on online classes while the education category of students shows a significant association.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Online Class, Internet Utilization, Chi-Square
• Subjects: I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I2 - Education and Research Institutions > I21 - Analysis of Education; I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I2 - Education and Research Institutions > I26 - Returns to Education

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