Extracto

This study is focused to find out the role of Information Communication Technologies (ICT) in the academic life of the students of Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) Pakistan. This study was further aimed to dig out the differences in usage of ICT between the students of AIOU residing in urban and rural areas through factors of helpfulness and motivation in usage of ICT. In order to investigate the differences in usage a closed-ended was constructed after reviewing relevant literature.
The respondents were selected from four faculties of AIOU by applying stratified sampling technique. The results reveal that university students use ICT mostly for educational purposes. It was further elaborated that students in distance education were equipped with the latest ICT gadgets. Results revealed that students having urban background were more motivated in usage of ICT than the students having rural background. It was surprising to explore that rural students found ICT more helpful than the students having urban background