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

orrowed laptop was mobile, which was good for her. But most of the laptops
were old and not good enough. So the inconvenience for her was the time
restriction and old laptops.
Participant BC
“Finding a comfortable place is the most important because I spend a lot time
sitting in front of my laptop” participant BC said. He stated that he did not
like to sit in one place all the time. He liked to walk around and look for some
friends. Sometimes he liked to share with friends the entertainment he found
from the Internet.
When the researcher asked him about the inconvenience, BC said it was good
to stay on campus. It made him stay on campus a long time and did not like
to go home. He always spent his whole day on campus. There were some
inconveniences though, such as slow speed and unstable signal.
Participant B
The mobility and no cables attracted participant B to use his laptop to
connect to the WLANs for long periods of time. Since B had permission to
access the graduate centre 24 hours 7 days, there were no restrictions for him
at all. B spent most of his time in the graduate centre and he made friends
who always liked stay there too.
Because he used WLANs for long periods on campus, B found that the
Internet connection speed was slow and the signal for connecting to the local
area network server was weak. Sometimes B just could not login to the
WLANs.
Participant P
Participant P was a quiet person. He did not like to sit with friends and share
stuff with others. P liked to bring his own laptop and sit in a corner quietly. P
had a lot of work to download and upload. P explained that he could do
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