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Table of Contents Abstract...........................................................................................................ii Acknowledgement......................................................................................... iii Table of Contents...........................................................................................iv List of Figures................................................................................................vi List of Tables ................................................................................................vii 1. Introduction..............................................................................................1 2. Literature Review ....................................................................................3 2.1 Literature .......................................................................................3 2.2 Literature Map.............................................................................23 2.3 Summary ......................................................................................26 3. Methodology ...........................................................................................28 3.1 Purpose of the Research...............................................................28 3.2 Research Method..........................................................................29 3.3 Data Collection.............................................................................33 3.3.1 Data collection strategies:..................................................33 3.3.2 Data collection procedures:................................................33 3.4 Data Analysis...............................................................................37 3.4.1 Literature review ...............................................................37 3.4.2 Observation data................................................................38 3.4.3 Survey responses................................................................39 3.4.4 Interview answers..............................................................40 3.4.5 Journal notes......................................................................41 3.5 Summary ......................................................................................43 4. Data ........................................................................................................45 4.1 Quantitative data findings ..........................................................46 4.1.1. Surveys ...............................................................................46 4.2 Qualitative data findings.............................................................56 iv
4.2.1. Observations.......................................................................56 4.2.2. Interviews...........................................................................57 4.2.3. Wireless Information from Unitec website .......................88 4.3 Summary ......................................................................................89 5. Data Analysis .........................................................................................91 5.1 The group of the users of on-campus WLANs.............................92 5.2 The reasons why students use on-campus WLANs....................94 5.3 The behaviours of students who use on-campus WLANs ..........95 5.4 Current WLANs challenges that students perceive...................96 5.4.1. How could students get on the WLANs?...........................96 5.4.2. What restrictions are there on the use of the WLANs?....98 5.4.3. What are the students’ satisfactions with the WLANs?...99 5.5 Impacts on students from using on-campus WLANs ...............100 5.6 The opportunities for educational institutions to provide convenience of WLANs for students....................................................101 5.6.1. Current advantage of the convenience of the WLANs....101 5.6.2. Opinions from participants..............................................102 5.7 Technical issues concerning the WLANs ..................................104 5.7.1. The concerns about speed and signal of the WLANs......104 5.7.2. The concern for security...................................................105 5.8 Summary ....................................................................................107 6. Conclusions and Recommendations ....................................................109 7. Appendix...............................................................................................113 Appendix A: Survey Questions ............................................................113 Appendix B: Interview Questions........................................................115 Appendix C: Information Sheet...........................................................116 Appendix D: Consent Form..................................................................117 8. References:............................................................................................119 v
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� Places where participants usual
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student account. The other 36 parti
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4.2 Qualitative data findings 4.2.1
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The situation or answers from all p
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Frequency of use of WLANs Time of u
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getting entertainment from his home
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and downloads related to his assign
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As can be seen from Table 4-3, only
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� The convenience and inconvenien
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Participant MC Participant MC thoug
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assignments and research in the lib
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compare websites or do some tests f
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Participant A Participant A conside
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she had her classes. E said she had
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The availability of the on-campus W
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� Aspect(s) of Wireless Local Are
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and security issues of the on-campu
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suggested the library should extend
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P said sometimes he could get a sta
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section of this chapter. This is in
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What opportunities are available fo
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However, no matter whether the user
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explains why most of participants w
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5.4.2. What restrictions are there
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5.5 Impacts on students from using
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on-campus WLANs affected student de
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5.7 Technical issues concerning the
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to check whether the laptops used t
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This chapter integrates the concern
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follows: The users of on-campus WLA
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everyday requirement for students,
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g) Discussion h) E-learning i) Down
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Appendix C: Information Sheet Hello
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The participant should retain a cop
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