THE STATUS OF PARTICIPATING IN THE ONLINE WORLD OF STUDENTS AT HUE UNIVERSITY

The article refers to the status of participating in the online world of students at Hue University. The research sample was 706 students from 4 university members of Hue University: Hue University of Education, Hue University of Sciences, University of Foreign Languages and Hue College of Economics. A questionnaire was designed to investigate with four issues: (1) Ratio and means of joining the online world; (2) Level of participation in the online world; (3) Places to join the online world; (4) Purpose of joining the online world. The results showed that most students participated in the online world (98.3%); The most common means of accessing the online world were mobile devices; Level and length of student online participation were relative high; Places to participate in the online world were mainly at home / motel; The main purpose of joining the online world was to "interact online via social networks (Facebook, Zalo ...), see posts / write / like, comment, send / receive message..." and "listen to music, download music online ". These research results contributed to open a new direction for research on activities in the online world of students in the information technology era.