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An Expanded Study of Integrating Issues of Location-based Privacy with Mobile Computing into General Curriculum of Universities James P. Lawler Pace University New York, NY 10038 USA John C. Molluzzo Pace University New York, NY 10038 USA Pascale Vandepeutte University of Mons-Hainaut Mons, Belgium

Abstract: Mobile computing continues to be an emerging technology with apparent benefits for citizens and consumers. As this technology expands in the marketplace and in society, concerns have developed about the control of personal information on mobile devices and about the perception of eventual frequent intrusion of privacy through location-based services. Expanding upon a prior paper of the authors on the learning or non-learning of information systems students in America on the evolving impact and issues of mobile computing on privacy and security, this paper offers research on the perceptions of non-information systems students. This research includes findings from surveys of non-information systems students at Pace University in America and at the University of University of Mons-Hainaut in Belgium that indicate a higher level of knowledge of the features of mobile computing, but lower levels of knowledge of inherent issues of mobile computing and consumer privacy and of precaution with mobile computing devices. Findings imply a potential inadequacy in general curriculum but also an opportunity to improve the curriculum. This study will benefit instructors in all disciplines attempting to improve their pedagogy with societal-sensitive syllabi that integrate contemporary issues of privacy and security with mobile computing.

Keywords: Curriculum Design, Location-Based Privacy, Mobile Computing, Pervasive Computing, Radio Frequency Identification Devices (RFID)

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Recommended Citation: Lawler, Molluzzo, and Vandepeutte (2008). An Expanded Study of Integrating Issues of Location-based Privacy with Mobile Computing into General Curriculum of Universities. Information Systems Education Journal, 6 (47). http://isedj.org/6/47/. ISSN: 1545-679X. (A preliminary version appears in The Proceedings of ISECON 2008: §2312. ISSN: 1542-7382.)