SOME FACTORS INFLUENCING THE USE OF INTERNET IN STUDYING, TEACHING AND DOING RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES, VNU-HCMC

Abstract

We are now entering the era of globalization, knowledge economy and learning society with the explosion of information through many channels, in which Internet is the most outstanding. Internet is the global network sytem with diversified and updated information in various fields as well as the tool for communication and the exchange of information for everyone without limits on time and space. In Higher Education, the exploitation and the use of  Internet effectively serving the teaching, studying and doing scientific research is an urgent need in order to modernize and improve the quality of education nowadays,   training the self-study skill, critical thinking and creativity of teaching staff and students. It is necessary to find out the main factors, especially those realted to skills and comteptence, which can influence the effiency of using Internet of  để từ đó đưa ra được các kế hoạch, biện pháp cải tiến phù hợp.

The paper covers three main areas of content: Section 1, short history of the research matter and review of the related literature on the research topic. Section 2 presents some research results on the factors influencing the frequency/extent and efficiency of using Internet in teaching, studying and doing scientific research of teachinh staff and students at USSH-VNU-HCMC. The last sections proposes some basic solutions for the improvement of using Internet in teaching, studying and doing scientific research of teachinh staff and students at USSH-VNU-HCMC.