隨著網際網路的發展，不論是教學者或是學生都因此而改變了以往傳統的教學和學習的方式。此外，網際網路上充斥著廣泛且大量的資訊，更可能改變了學生在查詢資訊的使用行為。然而，當學生們利用網際網路進行資訊查詢時，他們或許根本無法判斷他們所獲得訊息的正確性和可信度，更不用說，他們有可能會輕易地被錯誤網路資訊所矇騙和誤導。
本研究的目的在於，衡量高等教育學生在學習時對於網路資訊的依賴程度，以及評估網際資訊對於高等教育學生在學習表現上的影響程度。
根據本研究的發現指出，隨著時代的進步，高等教育學生有增加使用網際網路的時間的傾向。當學生在使用不同種類資訊來源來完成課程作業時，學生們實際和理想上的資訊來源使用上是存在著顯著差異的。研究更指出，平均來說有56%的學生，認為在使用電腦作作業時，一心多用的使用行為帶給了他們非常或是相當的負面影響並且降低了他們的學習表現。他們認為在使用電腦作作業時，同時間開啟使用與課程作業/報告不相干的網站或軟體工具嚴重地影響了他們的專注力。而在另一方面來說，大約有74%的學生認為利用各種的網路互動工具來進行課程相關活動，對於他們在學習上的表現是有正面的助益的。此外，學生對於引用所獲得的網路資訊的應有做法，在觀念和實際行為上是在存在的顯著差異的。學生自身對於網路資訊的引用方式，將會影響到他們看待同儕的實際引用行為。研究中更指出，有超過六成的學生認為，參與網路社群活動對於提昇他們的學習表現上是相當有幫助的。總結來說，有接近78%的學生認為網際網路帶給他們在學習上的影響是相當大的。此外，也有21%的學生認為網際網路對於他們的學習表現上有著些許的影響。

Internet is forcing both faculties and students change their traditional way in teaching and learning. Furthermore, overwhelming information on the Internet may change students’ behavior in locating information. While locating information on the Internet, students may not even exactly know the accuracy and credibility of web information they are retrieving, let alone could be tricked by wrong Web information.
The purpose of this study was to estimate how university students depend on the Web for information in learning and to evaluate how the Web information influences university student learning performance. The findings in this study suggested that university students are inclined to increase their time spent on the Internet as time goes by. When students apply various sources to complete schoolwork, there is significant discrepancy between practical and ideal utilization of different information sources. The results concluded that on average about 56% of university students consider that multitasking behaviors bring them very or quite negative influences and affect their learning performance. When they do their schoolwork, utilizing unrelated web tools or irrelevant software at the same time negatively affects their concentration and learning performance. Conversely, about 74% of participants articulated that applying various Web interactive tools to do course-related activities brings them positive influence in their school learning. There are discrepancies between university students’ perceptions and practical behaviors toward information citation behaviors. The way participants deal with online information might affect their perceptions toward university students’ information citation behaviors. Many university students (64%) consider that participating in web communities is very or quite helpful to their school learning. To sum up, the results indicated that nearly 78% of participants think that the Internet influences their school learning a lot or pretty much. Moreover, 21% of university students consider that the Internet brings them some influences.

中文摘要.....................................................................................................I
Abstract......................................................................................................II
Table of contents……………………………………………………......III
1. INTRODUCTION……………………………………….…………….1
2. LITERATURE REVIEW……………………………………………...5
2.1 Internet use behavior………………………………....…………5
2.2 Heavy Internet use behavior…………………………….………9
2.3 Students’ attitude and behaviors toward online information…..11
2.3.1 Students’ sources selection……………………………..12
2.3.2 Expectation about the online information.……………..13
2.3.3 Searching limitation……………………………………14
2.3.4 The accuracy and credibility of online information…....14
2.3.5 Faculties’ and students’ perceptions toward online information……………………………………….……16
2.3.6 Students’ behaviors toward online information retrieving………………………………………………18
2.4 Research framework……………………..………………….…20
3. METHODLOGY……………………………….…………………….23
3.1 Participants………………………………………………..…...23
3.2 Instruments…………………………………………………….23
3.2.1 Internet use behavior and beliefs…………………….…24
3.2.2 Multitasking behavior…………………………………..26
3.2.3 Sources of information usage…………………………..26
3.2.4 Proper use of information on the Web……………….…28
3.2.5 Perceptions of online information……………………...29
4. RESULT……………………………………………………………...30
4.1 Internet use behavior…………………………………………..30
4.2 Multitasking behavior………………………………………….34
4.3 Sources of information usage………………………………….37
4.4 Proper use of information on the Web…………………………43
4.5 Perceptions of online information……………………………..46
5. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION………………………………..51
5.1 Gender differences in this study…………………………….....51
5.2 Major differences in this study………………………………...54
5.3 Grade differences in this study………………………………...56
5.4 Influences of multitasking behaviors…………………………..59
5.5 Influences of information sources usage………………………59
5.6 Influences of the Internet………………………………………60
5.7 Limitation of this study……………………………………..…63
Reference………………………………………………………………..64
Questionnaire……………………………………………………………69
Descriptive data of Questionnaire………………………………………77
Statistics table…………………………………………………………...88

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