Influence of digital devices in academic activities: special reference to ict special students in faculty of arts and culture, south eastern university of Sri Lanka

Abstract

Now the world is growing very highly in the field of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). People are using many Technological devices and advanced technologies in their daily life. Mostly Digital devices are impacting on human life vastly. Technology has reached the hearts and minds of almost all people and become their prime obsession. They are ever on the lookout for what the next innovation is going to be. On this basis, a study was carried out to explore how digital devices are influencing in academic activities among students. This research was done among ICT Special students, Faculty of Arts and Culture, the South Eastern University of Sri Lanka at Oluvil. The population of this study comprised 60 ICT specialization students from the second, third, fourth years from Arts Faculty, and the methods mainly adopted were the semi-structural questionnaire and the focus interview. This research revealed that digital devices have considerably influenced students. Learning outcomes of the students are highly appreciable in the Higher Education context. Laptops, Desktop pcs, Mobile Phones, Smart Watches, Tablet pcs and many other devices are used by students in the classroom. All devices are influencing in their studies and their life. Some students are using Mobile phones for entertainment purpose. Some students are using for Study purpose. In this way, The Main problems are to find out how digital devices are influencing in the student’s education and how it is affecting their studies, identify the effects related to the over usage of digital devices and so on. The main focus of this research is to provide the proper ways and recommendations for using digital devices.