An Investigation of Undergraduate Students Cyberloafing Behaviors: An Example of Faculty of Education, EMU

The study was designed to investigate cyberloafing behaviours among the undergraduate students of Faculty of Education, Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU). Also to explore the cyberloafing behavioural effects of students in accordance with their difference in gender, levels of education, age groups and the effects of their academic CGPA. The study was designed based on quantitative and survey research method. Cyberloafing scale was used for data collection tool and was applied in the Faculty of Education. The research consisted about 116 Fall semester 2019-2020 registered undergraduate students who procured admission in the Faculty of Education at EMU who willingly partook in the survey. Descriptive analysis techniques was used to analyse all data collected. Both demographic and all the cyberloafing items was analysed by the use of ANOVA, frequency, percentage, as well as T-test for analysing the data mentioned in this study in order to achieve the aim proposed. However, finding derived from this study based on the Internet skills, on cyberloafing behaviours of undergraduate students of Faculty of Education EMU, significant difference was found between internet usage skills when relate it with the cyberloafing behaviours. Also significant difference was found in terms of gender with that of male higher. But in terms of their CGPA, there was no significant difference. Keywords: Computer laboratory, Cyberloafing / Cyberslacking, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Internet