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

As can be seen above, two participants used WLANs at Waitakere Campus
and the other eight participants were from Mt. Albert Campus.
Participant S
Participant S was a Bachelor of Sport Management student and was doing
his 6 th year of the course (also the last year). S planed his schedule regularly.
He came to campus daily and usually started at 9:30 in the morning. S did
not spend much time before getting on the Internet via the wireless local area
networks (WLANs) in the library. Normally, he just spent about 1-2 hours
doing some research and discussion for his assignments. S also surfed the
Internet, got some entertainment and downloaded from the Internet. As most
people do, S chatted with friends over the Internet.
Participant E
Participant E was a Postgraduate Diploma in Education student and was
doing her 1 st year of the course. In fact, E was just in her 1 st semester at
UNITEC New Zealand. She had been doing well in her course and was
enjoying her student life in the school. Like participant S, E had a regular
schedule of coming to school and getting on WLANs by using her own laptop.
E normally started at 10 o’clock in the morning. But she would come to school
at night on some days if she had to go to her part time job. No matter whether
her start time was early or not, she usually had approximately 6 hours on the
WLANs to do her studies. As E was a Postgraduate Diploma student, she
could and did hire a swipe card which could help her get into the graduate
centre at any time.
Participant L
Participant L was a Language school student; he was doing his intensive
course. L only used the WLANs on campus once a week and he always came
after 3 o’clock. He said he only came on week days which meant after his
class for the whole day. L usually came with his classmate and took his own
laptop to the library. They surfed the Internet and had fun, for example
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