Internet Influence on Education

1. Research project:

2. Internet influence depends on how
students use it. It can be positive but it
can turn into a negative influence if it is
only used for leisure activities like
playing games, watch movies, or
chatting rather than for
academic purpose.

3. How does Internet influence on the
academic performance of advanced
English II students at Universidad
Tecnológica de El Salvador?

4. General Objective:
Identify Internet influences on the academic performance of
Advanced English II students at Universidad Tecnológica de
El Salvador.
Questions:
The following questions will guide the research project:
 In what way does Internet influence on the academic
performance of Advanced English II students at UTEC?
 Does Internet influence positively on the academic
performance of Advanced English II students at UTEC?
 Does Internet influence negatively on the academic
performance of Advanced English II students at UTEC?

5.  (1) How Internet influences on the academic
performance of students.
 (2) How teachers can identify those factors
that interfere in the academic performance of
students when using Internet.
 (3) How teachers can take advantage of
those positive factors that can enrich the
teaching and learning process of students
when using Internet and
 (4) How the use of Internet can be improved
to obtain the best of this technological tool.

6. Internet in education is
understood as the usage
of Internet technologies to
solve various educational
tasks, namely, teaching, learning and
management of the educational
process. (UNESCO,2013)

7. E-learning model (Salmon, 2000)

8. Constructivism theory
Defined as active construction ( Bruner 1990 ).

9. Socially shared cognition theory
Allows participants
to actively engage
in a community
while learning and
sharing.