Análisis de los usos de la tecnología en los estudiantes de la Universidad Nacional del Chimborazo

Abstract

The present study, applied to the students of the Universidad Nacional del Chimborazo, seeks to determine how the income levels of the families of the students relate to the use of the Internet for learning and entertainment; and find incidences on the academic performance of students by the use of technology. In order to find the patterns of use of technology in students, the process of data discovery (KDD) is used together with the SPSS data mining tool to apply clustering techniques, which allows grouping students into profiles of internet use for learning and entertainment, logistic regression was used to check hypotheses. The majority of students do not make intensive use of the internet for academic and entertainment purposes, the level of income does not influence the use of the internet for learning, however for entertainment activities if it shows incidence. Academic performance does not depend on the use of technology for learning; but a dependence was found, although not significant, with the use of internet for entertainment