MANAGING INTERNET ACCESS IN AN ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT
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2010-11
Authors
Omoregbee, Henry
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Federal Polytechnic Ilaro.
Abstract
A growing awareness of the educational benefits of the Internet has contributed to a sense of
urgency among tertiary institutions worldwide to deploy it. However, with its many advantages
also come the numerous challenges and problems. Managing internet access by students is
particularly problematic, as valuable and costly Internet connection time is often used by students
to access pornographic sites, read newspapers, play games, and to engage in online chatting,
while other students cannot find ample computer time to do their work. The problem of students
submitting downloaded works from the internet as their projects and assignments is rampant,
while scarce resources are wasted printing irrelevant documents and visiting sites with
questionable educational values. This paper therefore looks at the benefits of the internet in an
academic environment, and highlights the major problems and challenges of providing internet
access to students. The paper also reviews management policies for improving the benefits
students derive from using the internet.
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: Internet Access, pornographic sites, online chatting, management policy