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

“Wireless” switch on their laptops. Next open a web browser and type in a
username and password. Then it was all done.
Participant P
Participant P thought it was easier nowadays than it used to be. P said two
years earlier students had to bring their laptops to the IT department for the
WLANs authorisation settings. If those students re-installed their laptops,
they also had to reset the authorisation settings at the IT department. That
was very inconvenient and sometimes it would slow some students down. P
had a story about it. Two years ago, his laptop crashed and he re-installed the
operating system on Friday night. That meant the laptop could not be able to
connect to the on-campus WLANs during the whole weekend because the IT
department was closed. Fortunately, students had alternative way of
connection, which was to login with their unique username and password.
� Influence and impact of the use of on-campus Wireless Local
Area Networks (WLANs)
This sections aims to find out if there was any influence or impact from the
use of on-campus WLANs and how the WLANs affected students. For
example, whether how long students spent on the use of on-campus WLANs
showed as a part of scheduled part of students’ lives. Each of the interviewees
had their own opinions and definitions about whether they had been affected
or not. Participants A, N, BC and B thought there was no influence or impact
at all.
Participant S
Participant S could not use the WLANs in his class, so he usually connected
to the WLANs between two classes or at lunch time. That was why he spent
just 1-2 hours on the WLANs connections a day. S also said he would
sometimes change his schedule to create a gap in order to get on the WLANs.
Participant E
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