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Awareness of technology in IT students of LPU

Abstract

The study is conducted on B.tech students of ECE and CSE stream. The objective of study wasto investigate that to study the awareness of technology among IT students,to study what

influence a student to learn new technologies other than its curriculum. The sample size was 50;

stratified sampling technique was used in order to check the students awareness regarding the

technology. The result showed that the most of the students are not aware of the latest updated

technology, which they should be aware of, they were aware of only that part which was the

basics , which even a NON IT will also be awared.

Key words: technology, students, IT students

Introduction

Information technology (IT) is increasingly becoming an invaluable and powerful tool driving

development, supporting growth, promoting innovation, and enhancing competitiveness.

Emerging information technology offers opportunities for developing nations to leapfrog earlier

stages of development. It is also important to note that with an increasingly global environment

less limited by time or distance, nations around the world need to get connected and join the

global networked community. Otherwise, they may fall further behind and the gap they have

with the developed world could get wider. Additionally, there is growing evidence that

information technology is becoming an increasingly powerful tool when used as part of an

overall development strategy coupled with partnerships between governments, business, and

civil society (World Bank, 2003). Information and communication technology coupled with

knowledge management hold much potential for propelling the development process (Okpaku,

2003). The vital role information and communication technology is playing is felt across many

industries and sectors, affecting both economic development and growth at large in many

societies. The resulting implications have had a major role in transforming such sectors and have

affected the economic-development process in developing nations. The banking sector is an

example in which information-technology infrastructures have had implications on the economic


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development of many nations in the developing world. IT plays an important role in todays

scenario, one has to be updated timely in order to compete in technological environment.

Review of literature

Asan(2002) conducted study on Pre-service Teachers Use of Technology to Create

Instructional Materials. The field experience component has always been a vital part of teacher

education programs (Paese, 1989). The article describes collaborative work designed to give an

opportunity to pre-service teachers to mesh theory with practice in an instructional material

preparation course. Pre-service teachers were assigned to complete a computer project, which

was used to support classroom lessons. The projects were supervised by the classroom teachers

at the basic education schools and the supervising professor at the College of Education. As a

result of that collaborative work, pre-service teachers and classroom teachers practiced

developing instructional materials and integrating technology in subject content areas, became

more comfortable with the technology and developed greater proficiency in their computer use.

Asan(2003) conducted study on , Computer Technology Awareness by Elementary School

Teachers. In this study, teachers perspectives, their awareness level of specific technologies

and the roles this technology plays in education are researched. Technical problems that inhibited

the use of computers in their schools are also identified. Data was elicited from a sample of 252

teachers who were working in basic education schools in Trabzon, Turkey. The results revealed

that many teachers were not computer users. Many teachers lacked a functional computer

literacy foundation upon which to build new technology and skills. Analysis of teachers

knowledge of computer technologies revealed low levels of technical knowledge, as well as

some interesting perceptions of the role of some specific computer-related items. For most

teachers, the use of computers and related technologies had not been a routine part of their own

educational environment. The study showed that gender, years of teaching, and school statushave a significant relationship to familiarity with computer technologies in Turkey. Lack of

hardware, lack of knowledge and skills about using computers, lack of training or insufficient

training opportunities, and crowded classrooms were determined as the most important problems

that basic education schools face in Turkey. Data suggest that elementary school teachers in

Turkey need to be increasingly encouraged to explore the emerging technologies for teaching.


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Maria et al (2007) conducted study on The Adoption of Communication and Information

Technologies and the Local Development. According to Author the study examines the

imbalances in the availability and usage of communication and information technology

infrastructure. These imbalances could be broadly attributed to differences in funding,

management and technical expertise, exposure and awareness to available technologies, training,

and other infrastructures like R&D institutions. In sample, the imbalances could be broadly

attributed to differences factors as industry, dimension, management education, but also to lack

of cooperation, workers mobility and reduced markets which were common factors in disfavored

regions.

Cheat (2007) conducted study on The Impact of Information Technology on Organizations.

The technology which author chose to looked at in his report was Executive InformationSystems (EIS) and he focused on its impact upon the automotive industry. He firstly

introduced EIS and the automotive sector, then assessed the impacts that implementing

EIS would had, tried to recommend the best course of action when introduced EIS and

finally try to sum up the implementation of his technology in an executive summary.

Madray(2007) conducted study on , Developing Students Awareness of Plagiarism: Crisis and

Opportunities. In June 2005, based on data collected from a survey that involved about 50,000

undergraduates from more than 60 colleges, McCabe (2006) of the Center for Academic

Integrity (CAI) related that levels of cheating and Plagiarism remain high. In April of 2006,

the Chronicle of Higher Education Reported that 37 graduate students studying mechanical

engineering at Ohio University (ranked in the top 50 public national universities in the United

States By U. S. News & World Report) plagiarized their theses and dissertations. Another

plagiarism scandal involved Kaavya Viswanathan, a Harvard University Sophomore. The two

novels that she wrote for the publisher Little, Brown and Company contained passages that

seemed strikingly similar to the writings of Another author, Meagan F. Mccafferty. Words and

plot ideas from mccaffertys Two books, Sloppy Firsts and Second Helpings, appeared in Opal

Mehta, Viswanathans first published book.

Didis et al (2008) conducted study on, Computer Assisted Education: Pre-service Teachers

Ideas about Learning and Teaching Physics. Computer usage in educational settings creates


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more attractive and effective learning environments. It provides opportunity to students

practicing, doing experiments, researching, solving problems etc. by their selves. In addition,

teachers could use computers in their lessons for these aims, and they also design effective

course materials which motivate students in lessons. In this study, pre-service physics teachers

ideas about learning and teaching physics by the assist of computers were examined. Qualitative

data were obtained and analyzed. Categories obtained by pre-service teachers ideas showed that

they had some negative ideas in addition to the positive ideas about computer assisted physics

learning and teaching.

Wang(2008) Conducted Study On , Raising Students' Awareness Of Cross-Cultural

Contrastive Rhetoric In English Writing Via An E-Learning Course. The study investigated

the potential impact of e-learning on raising overseas students' cultural awareness and explored

the possibility of creating an interactive learning environment for them to improve their English

academic writing. The study was based on a comparison of Chinese and English rhetoric in

academic writing, including a comparison of Chinese students' writings in Chinese with native

English speakers' writings in English and Chinese students' writings in English with the help of

an e-course and Chinese students' writings in English without the help of an e-course. Five

features of contrastive rhetoric were used as criteria for the comparison. The experimental results

show that the group using the e-course was successful in learning about defined aspects of

English rhetoric in academic writing, reaching a level of performance that equalled that of native

English speakers. Data analysis also revealed that e-learning resources helped students to

compare rhetorical styles across cultures and that the interactive learning environment was

effective in improving overseas students' English academic writing.

Deewr(2008) conducted study on , Survey on Changes in Awareness and Understanding of

Science, Engineering and Technology: Report on Findings .The report details the findings of

the 2007 Survey on Changes in Awareness and Understanding of Science, Engineering and

Technology (SET). That was a survey of parents, community members and secondary school

students on their attitudes to, and participation in activities related to, science, engineering and

technology. The report was preceded by a Literature Review on Changes in Awareness of SET,

and builds on three previous surveys conducted in 1991, 1994 and 1997. The report found that

during the decade since the last similar survey, people have generally become more positive


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about the importance of SET and the rewards of a SET career, including for women. However,

young people are in some ways less positive towards and aware of SET than older people, and

secondary students awareness of some science activities, such as Science Week and science-

related websites, is low. It was also found that both remote residence and lower socio-economic

status have a significant negative impact on peoples participation in SET-awareness raising

activities and the outcomes they get from them. Most SET-related activities studied were highly

effective in promoting understanding of an interest in SET, but not so effective in influencing

children towards considering a career in SET.

Masrom et al (2009) conducted study on, Ethical awareness of computer use among

undergraduate students.The study investigates the ethical awareness of computer useamong undergraduate computer science students at two public Malaysian universities.One hundred and fifty-nine students were asked to evaluate the code of ethics

pertaining to computer ethics. A comparison of undergraduate computer science

students between two public universities was done to determine the level of ethical

awareness of computer use. Independent Samples t-tests for differences were

performed across four distinct groups: university, gender, age, and duration of

computer use. The results of the tests conducted indicate that the ethical awareness of

computer use of the students differ most significantly on the basis of the university

itself. There were minimal differences across gender, age and duration of computer

use. That suggests that computer ethics awareness training is needed for university

users. The results were discussed and the implications for studies in an educational

context are outlined.

Nordin et al (2010) conducted study on Facultys acceptance of computer based technology:

Cross-validation of an extended model. The first aim of the present study was to validate an

extended technology acceptance model (TAME) on the data derived from the faculty membersof a university in an ongoing, computer mediated work setting. The study extended the original

TAM model by including an intrinsic motivation component computer self efficacy. In so

doing, the study assessed the direct and indirect effects of computer self efficacy on the use of

the technology, via the perceived usefulness and intention to use the technology voluntarily. The

second purpose of the study was to evaluate gender and age invariants of the causal structure of
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TAME. This cross-validation procedure determined whether gender and age group moderated

the causal structure of the model, and thus the generality of TAME. The data were collected from

a self reported questionnaire administered to 731 faculty members of a public university in

Malaysia. The results of structural equation modeling supported the adequacy of TAME.

Although the TAMEs causal structure was applicable to both male and female staff,age group

appeared to moderate the structural relationships among the constructs of interest.

Haron et al (2010) conducted study on, University Students Awareness on M-Learning.

Mobile learning (M-learning) is the current technology that is becoming more popular. It uses

the current mobile and wireless computing technology to complement the effectiveness of

traditional learning process. The objective of the paper was to presents a survey from 90

undergraduate students of Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP), to identify the students

perception on Mlearning. From the results, the students were willing to use M-learning. The

acceptance level of the students is high, and the results obtained revealed that the respondents

almost accept M-learning as one method of teaching and learning process and also able to

improve the educational efficiency by complementing traditional learning in UTP.

Problem statement

In todays scenario awareness of technology plays a vital role in order to survive in competitive

environment. Now a days students are so much busy in their college life that they dont get time

to update themselves with the latest technology, they only know those concepts which are taught

to them in their subjects or which are in curriculum, so the problem which raised due to this is

lack of awareness in youth regarding information technology.

Objective of study

To study the awareness of technology among IT students.

To study what influence a student to learn new technologies other than its curriculum.


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Research methodology

Collected the data from different sources, both primary and secondary sources. Stratified

sampling was done on CSE, ECE students in order to take their view point regarding

different technologies and its importance in their career.

Questionnaires method and focus group interviews was used for data collection.

Sample size:

According to the study sample was taken as 50. 25 were from CSE department, 25 were

from ECE department.


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Analysis and Interpretation

1. What do you mean by IT?

Correct Incorrect

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Out of 50 students, 52% gave correct response and 48 % gave wrong response. As the question

was basic that every IT student should know this answer, but it was not so, according to the

survey conducted in LPU. Basically IT means exchange of idea using a technology.


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2. IT includes which technologies?

Hardware

Software

Networking

Telecom

All of the Above

Correct Incorrect

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IT includes hardware, software, networking, and telecom. That means it includes all. out of 50

students this answer 64% gave correct answer, 36 % gave incorrect.

3. What is the file extension of MS-WORD document


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.doc

.dox

.dom

None of these

correct Incorrect

44 6

Out of 50 students, 88 % of students gave right response and 12 % of students were not aware of

the correct answer.

4. In order to clear Dot Net exam, which certification is required?

CISCO


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SUN

MICROSOFT

REDHAT

None of them

correct Incorrect

30 20

In order to clear Dot Net exam, Microsoft certification is required. Out of 50 students 60%

students were aware of this answer and 40 % marked it wrong.

5. CCNA stands for

Computer component network admin


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Cisco component network assemble

Cisco certified network admin

Cisco certified network associate

correct Incorrect

30 20

Out of 50 students 60% gave correct response for the full form of CCNA, I e cisco certified

network associate. 40 % student gave wrong response, as if they were not aware of it.

6. Which of the following is one of the popular applications at Facebook?

Sunnyville


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Punjabville

Farmville

Happyville

correct Incorrect

50 0

This was the most easiest question to answer for those who are internet user and social

networking lover, so for this reason out of 50 students, all gave right response i.e.

Farmville

7. Where would you find the letters QWERTY

Key Board

Mouse


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Numeric Keypad

None of these

correct Incorrect40 10

Out of 50 students 80 % student gave correct answer and rest were not

aware of it. 20 % were not aware of it, as it was basic question; still the

graduate level students gave wrong response.

8. Which of these is inaccessible (not censored) in China?

Google

Baidu


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Twitter

Orkut

Facebook


Out of 50 students 52 % were not aware of the answer, and out of that 48 % gave

correct response.

9. Which of the following are operating systems

Win NT

Fat32


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redHat Enterprise 7

VNWare


Out of 50 students, only 32 % were aware of the answer and rest just made a guess and for this

reason, 68 % were not able to respond.

10. which of the following are antivirus software?

Norton

NOD32

Mcafee


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Sophos

correct Incorrect

0 50

Out of 50 students, none of the student was aware of right answer, although they made guess but

it dint work, so surprisingly no one responded it correctly.

11. Intel's popular processor being used in the Netbooks is named:

Intel Core i5

Intel Core i7

Intel Core2Duo

Intel Quad Core


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Intel Atom

correct Incorrect

7 43

Out of 50 students, only 14 % were aware of the right answer , so in this case 86 % gave in

correct response.

12. Which of the following programs are generally used for malicicious purposes-?

Virus

Trojans

Rootkit

Filemon


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Correct Incorrect

2 48

Out of 50 students, 96 % were not aware of right answer only 4 % gave correct response, which

shows that they are only book worms.

13. Which of the following can be used as general purpose database:

Oracle

SQL Server

DOS

Notepad


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correct Incorrect

0 50

Well the correct answer was notepad , but none of the student was aware of it. So in this case 100

% incorrect response was there.

14. which of the following are internet search engines-

Google

Cuil

Bing

Yahoo


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correct Incorrect

0 50

Well the correct answer was cuil , but none of the student was aware of it. So in this case 100 %

incorrect response was there.

15. Ownership of Internet Domain Names is governed by :

An international Non Profit Organization

Infosys and other MNCS

All national governments together

National cyber law departments


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correct Incorrect

5 45

Out of 50 students, 90 % students gave wrong answer and only 10 % were aware of right answer.

16. Which of the following is not a top level domain?

MOBI

TV

JP

CRK

correct Incorrect

2 48


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Out of 50 students, 96 % were not aware of right answer only 4 % gave correct response, which

shows that they are only book worms.

17. Which of the following is / are hacking techniques:

Phishing

Pharming

Brute force

XSS

correct Incorrect

0 50


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Well the correct answer was pharming, but none of the student was aware of it. So in this case

100 % incorrect response was there.

18. In windows how can you prevent a user from changing network setting :

Group policy

WinMgmt

RegEdit

Msconfig

correct Incorrect

4 46


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The correct answer was group policy but out of 50 students , only 8 % of students were aware ofit and rest 92 % were not aware of it.

19. To avoid data loss and reduced downtime, which is the best method of fault tolerance

UPS System

RAID 0

RAID 5

Tape Backup

correct Incorrect

1 49


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Out of 50 students, only one student was aware of right answer, I e 98 % gave wrong answer.

20. 1 Byte is equivalent to _________________ bits

correct Incorrect

38 12


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Out of 50 students 76 % gave correct response and 24 % gave wrong response.

Findings

Out of 20 questions 12 questions were the major questions which could access the

actual awareness of students towards the latest updates in technology. As per the

findings it has been found that no students were aware of these updated

technologies.


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It was found that the students were only aware of the basic concepts.

Conclusion

The students are not aware of the latest updates which they should be aware of, because

ultimately their knowledge is going to be helpful for them. They are only aware of the basic

concept which a non IT student will be aware of, so in order to overcome this problem, they

should work hard in order to update with the latest updates.

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APPENDIXDear Sir/Madam,

I am student of M.Phill Management LPU, Phagwara, Punjab.

I'm conducting a study on Awareness of technology in students. As a

part of my project I am conducting a survey through this questionnaire on

students in order to know how much aware they are of technologies which
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would play a vital role in their career. So I kindly request you to co-

operate with me to fill up the questionnaire. I assure you that information

gathered will be for academic purpose only.

Name:________________ Area of interest: _________________________

Qualification:_________ Mobile Number _________________________

Stream: ______________ Age: _______________________

1. What do you mean by IT?

__________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

2. IT includes which technologies?

Hardware

Software

Networking

Telecom

All of the Above

3. What is the file extension of MS-WORD document

.doc

.dox

.dom

None of these

4. In order to clear Dot Net exam, which certification is required?

CISCO

SUN


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MICROSOFT

REDHAT

None of them

5. CCNA stands for

Computer component network admin

Cisco component network assemble

Cisco certified network admin

Cisco certified network associate

6. Which of the following is one of the popular applications at Facebook?

Sunnyville

Punjabville

Farmville

Happyville

7. Where would you find the letters QWERTY

Key Board

Mouse

Numeric Keypad

None of these

8. Which of these is inaccessible (not censored) in China?

Google

Baidu

Twitter

Orkut


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Facebook

9. Which of the following are operating systems

Win NT

Fat32

redHat Enterprise 7

VNWare

10. which of the following are antivirus software?

Norton

NOD32

Mcafee

Sophos

11. Intel's popular processor being used in the Netbooks is named:

Intel Core i5

Intel Core i7

Intel Core2Duo

Intel Quad Core

Intel Atom

12. Which of the following programs are generally used for malicicious purposes-

Virus

Trojans

Rootkit

Filemon


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13. Which of the following can be used as general purpose database:

Oracle

SQL Server

DOS

Notepad

14. which of the following are internet search engines-

Google

Cuil

Bing

Yahoo

15. owenership of Internet Domain Names is governed by :

An international Non Profit Organization

Infosys and other MNCS

All national governments together

National cyber law departments

16. which of the following is not a top level domain:

MOBI

TV

JP

CRK


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17. Which of the following is / are hacking techniques :

Phishing

Pharming

Brute force

XSS

18. In windows how can you prevent a user from changing network setting :

Group policy

WinMgmt

RegEdit

Msconfig

19. To avoid data loss and reduced downtime, which is the best method of fault tolerance

UPS System

RAID 0

RAID 5

Tape Backup

20. 1 Byte is equivalent to _________________ bits


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