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were spending more time on campus. With the provision of the WLANs on campus, students brought their own portable electronic devices with wireless capabilities to school. Students spent more time on campus after class since the WLANs had been provided. Students used the on-campus WLANs during and after lectures. Students thought the provision of WLANs was essential for their learning because of the advantages and convenience of the use of on-campus WLANs. The sixth and seventh sub research questions “What opportunities are available for educational institutions to provide the convenience of WLANs for students?” and “Are there any technical issues concerning WLANs relevant to educational institutions that arise from user requirements?” have been answered as recommendations. To provide convenient WLANs is important because most participants spent a lot of time on campus because of the convenience of having WLAN access. In this research, the opportunities for providing convenience of WLANs were determined from the aspects of student dissatisfaction. The participants were obviously dissatisfied with the slow speed and poor signal of the on-campus WLANs. Some of the participants recommended upgrading the bandwidth of the networks and adding more access points within the areas where WLANs were provided. The researcher recommended some examples of technical solutions for improving speed and signal problems which were found from the literature review, such as the 802.11n technology, SSL encryption and the 802.11x protocol. The over arching response was that WLAN provision had enabled students to continue with their personal and business Internet requirements on campus without being restricted by the use of hard wired equipment supplied by the institute or having to move off site. The advantages of the mobility and free Internet access were attracting students to spend more time on campus. The compatibility of the networks enabled students to connect to the Internet anywhere any time. As Internet usage becomes increasing common and an 111
everyday requirement for students, on campus WLAN provision means they do not have to separate their personal, work and study requirements for Internet access. Further research This study started from a current user of the on-campus WLANs and used participants from two campuses. The culture of the use of on-campus WLANs in different campuses or different institutes would be varied. This research could not avoid bias in that the data gathered from two campuses is not diversified because the two campuses belong to the same educational institute. Further research could be done on more campuses and in different countries. WLANs have become more and more popular in higher education institutes, and there is no doubt that users are expecting more convenient wireless networks and the providers are improving their wireless networks to meet user demands. Further research could be done on both users and providers. 112
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Acknowledgement I would like to tha
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4.2.1. Observations................
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List of Tables Table 3- 1: Summary
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students?” The following are seve
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ways to minimize maintenance and in
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campus” discussed the adoption of
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view, professors could use these fe
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institute owns multi buildings. For
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truly mobile computing solution”
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(Henderson et al. 2004). By compari
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students, only 40 used all the band
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the faculty technology; it created
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academic that consider it from the
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WLANs on students, the interview wa
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Setting This study was conducted on
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