Geoffrey Chow, Peter Ling and Ann Sathasivam
Melbourne, Australia
Traditionally, people have viewed universities as repositories of
knowledge. However, in recent times, the amount of knowledge available
has expanded in a way which people did not dream of in past ages. We
also realize that the more we know the more we realize there is still
a lot more to learn.
Within universities today, academics are faced with this enormous
problem of how to cope with the mass of knowledge which they need to
know themselves and the ways to pass on the basics of this knowledge
to their students.
This book is based on data and information gathered and analysed
from a research project conducted at Swinburne University of
Technology, in Melbourne, Australia immediately after wireless network
(WiFi) technology was successfully installed.
We describe the research project and its outcome. From this
strategies for the deployment of handheld devices in higher education
are suggested. This discussion is then broadened to how information
and communication technologies may require new thinking about
management within wired and wireless communities.
Contents
The World of Mobile Handheld Devices
The Research Project
Research Methodology, Initial Findings and Usage Patterns
The Research Survey and Findings
Research Project Summary and Conclusions
Looking into the Future
Glossary
National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication data:
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Mobile handheld devices as information management tools in higher
education Published May 2010 Geoffrey T.M. Chow, Peter N. Ling, Ann M.
Sathasivam
ISBN 978-1-920889-43-2 (paperback) ISBN 978-1-920889-44-9 (hard
cover)
Includes bibliographical references and index Education -
Electronic information resources. Teaching - Aids and devices.
Computer-assisted instruction. Portable computers. Other
Authors/Contributors: Ling, Peter N. and Sathasivam, Ann M.
371.334
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Price: AUS $70.00 (paperback), AUS $100.00 (hardcover) plus
postage/packaging of AUS $10.00 per order within Australia, or AUS
$20.00 overseas.
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