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

Participant A
Participant A considered she now definitely had help with her studies. She
was involved in her new life and new style of lectures at UNITEC New
Zealand. She could not use WLANs or even just the laptop in class in her
home country, because the professor thought that students would pay more
attention to the laptops than to the lectures. A consider the information on
the Internet is comprehensive. She could get any idea from the Internet and
she said “I feel I am prepared enough if I have the Internet at hand. I will not
be confused again when my professor or classmates mention some subject
that I have no idea about.”
Participant MC
Participant MC considered the help she got from using WLANs in class was
significant. Getting on the Internet via WLANs and searching for
information instantly in class made the process of learning different from
what it used to be. Students use to study and research in library or computer
lab after class. Nowadays, students could choose any way of learning they
liked and felt comfortable. MC chose to use a laptop with WLANs connection
in class. She felt it was the best way for her because of efficiency. She told me
that she could finish her study tasks faster than some other classmates who
had never used on-campus WLANs before.
Participant BC
Participant BC was very dependent on his laptop. BC had a private library on
his laptop of lots of materials that he used for writing web pages. There were
some classes where BC had to write web pages during class. The private
library was very important for him when he wrote web pages. At the same
time, he also needed the Internet because he usually needed to search coding
scripts for his programming or discuss things with other programmers. The
on-campus WLANs gave him the ability to do these activities by using his
own laptop in class.
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