Volume 5

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Unwired: Student Use of Technology in the Ubiquitous Computing World Mike DeGagne Bridgewater State College Bridgewater, MA 02325 USA Robert M. Wolk Bridgewater State College Bridgewater, MA 02325 USA

Abstract: This study examines how college students use technology in their everyday life on a campus with ubiquitous computing and communication. The primary areas of focus will include how effectively technology is being used in and out of the classroom, how the students use the technology in every facet of their lives, and how dependent these students have become on technology, all taken from the student’s point of view. This study is particularly important because the campus being studied has a universal wireless network connection and has a mandatory laptop program in effect for half of the current student body.

Keywords: technology, ubiquitous computing and communication, student use, student attitude, wireless, mandatory laptop requirement, online addictions, Internet

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Recommended Citation: DeGagne and Wolk (2007). Unwired: Student Use of Technology in the Ubiquitous Computing World. Information Systems Education Journal, 5 (13). http://isedj.org/5/13/. ISSN: 1545-679X. (A preliminary version appears in The Proceedings of ISECON 2006: §3533. ISSN: 1542-7382.)