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

� Frequency of the use of on-campus WLANs:
One third of participants used the on-campus wireless local area networks
(WLANs) every day. Most of the participants use the WLANs to a plan or
schedule, such as every second day, once/twice per week, twice per month
and weekdays. There were also some students who connected to the
WLANs at unspecific times. Twelve participants said they did not often use
the wireless services. Only one student stated he used the wireless services
at any time after class. Another student used it twice a day. Quite a few
students said they used WLANs less than once a week, and only two
students used it twice a month.
Numbers of Participants
25
20
15
10
5
0
1
22
3
1
Frequency of WLANs using
8
5
12
Frequency
Figure 4- 2: Frequency of WLANs use
� The time when participants usually start to use:
47
2
3
1
4
2
Twice per day
everyday
Usually/Almost everyday
every second day
once per week
twice per week
not often
4 days per week
5 days per week
Anytime after class
Not specific
Twice a month
Most students have a specific time when they start using the wireless
services. Only four participants connected to WLANs before 9:00 in the
morning, and 9:00-10:00am became the first peak time of the day. Up to 22
participants usually started their wireless services connection between
9:00-10:00am and 36 participants usually used the wireless services in the
morning. That meant 61% of the morning users and 34.4% of all
participants use the wireless services in the first peak time. The second