Authors
1 Faculty member, Shiraz University
2 Master student of Shiraz University
Abstract
This study aims to investigate the rate of internet use among academic staff at the Persian Gulf University and the University of Medical Sciences of Bushehr considering factors such as sex, teaching experience, education and academic ranks. The study of these factors supplies the administrators at both universities with required information to provide suitable conditions and facilities and to make productive investments in information infrastructure. To carry out this study, four research questions covering different aspects of the problem were raised. In order to answer these questions a survey research based on a questionnaire has been conducted. The results show that except for the difference between the rate of the internet use for men and women of academic staff in the Persian Gulf University, there is no significant difference in the rate of the internet use regarding other factors in both universities. This research concludes that the rate of the internet use among academic staff is very low. However, their willingness to increase the use of internet in the near future is high.
Keywords
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