The Study of Students Perceptions of On-campus ... - Research Bank

However, no matter whether the users were in groups or alone and no matter
which year they were in, they were not from any particular grade or subject.
The users of on-campus WLANs could be a student learning Applied
Technology in his first year or a student learning Sport Management in his
sixth year. They could be anyone in any school of UNITEC New Zealand.
5.2 The reasons why students use on-campus
WLANs
The finding from the surveys showed that the reasons for students used
WLAN were very broad. Many students used on-campus WLANs for research,
doing assignments, E-learning and on-line discussion. It was as one
participant concluded “all the study purposes”. In addition to study purposes,
there were also many other reasons, such as for fun and relaxing. These could
include downloading on-line entertainment, chatting, surfing the Internet,
shopping on-line and checking email.
All of the activities listed on the survey as an operational question were the
ones that the researcher knew, but there could have been more. There is one
special activity: Internet gaming. Although only one participant was doing
this, such an occurrence does happen. The researcher accepts that playing
Internet games has become a common occurrence among students today. But
the researcher does not accept the campus is the right place for playing
Internet games. The campus had always been the place for accessing
education and study. Students used the WLANs on campus like broadband at
home. They used the WLANs to do anything they could do on the Internet, no
matter where they were (even on campus) and no matter whether the place
was suitable for those activities.
It could be concluded that students are using the internet on campus for all
types of activities, not only study related.
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