urban class computing: promising or perilous
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This presentation was delivered last July 11, 2009 at the ICICTE 2009 Conference held in Corfu, Greece. The participation was sponsored by the Commission on Higher Education of the Philippines.TRANSCRIPT
URBAN CLASS COMPUTING: Promising or
Perilous
MARIA VICTORIA G. PINEDADe La Salle University-Manila,
PHILIPPINES
9 July 2009Corfu, Greece
Map source: http://www.mapsharing.org/MS-maps/map-pages-worldmap/images-map/1-world-map-political.gif
Distance from Manila, Philippines to Athens, Greece is 6010.3 Miles( 9672.7 Kilometers / 5219.4 Nautical Miles )
Roughly 6244.53miles From Manila to Corfu
“Urban computing is the integration of computing, sensing and actuation technologies into everyday urban living and lifestyles”.
Kindberg, Chalmers & Paulos, 2007
This is the traditional university in an urban setting environment
The DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY
of the oldest, private, Catholic university in the Philippines founded in 1911.
The old buildings have neoclassical style & the new buildings, modernist style
The DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY
Has over 750 computer workstations of varying specifications spread in 30 different laboratories.
There are wired networks and wireless connections available for computing, internet and online services’ access.
Internet infrastructure dedicated to university is 26Mbps bandwidth
Some of the De La Salle Bldgs
Yuchengco HallMost Blessed Sacrament Chapel
St. La Salle HallAndrew Gonzalez Hall
Ampitheatre
This is the profile of the students accepted in a
traditional urban setting environment
GenderM F TOTAL
63 35 98
Birth Year 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 4 33 47 14 0
Age Entered College15 16 17 18 and
Above
10 42 36 10
Original Birth Place Metro Manila Province Outside the
Philippines
75 21 2
Childhood LocationMetro Manila Province Outside the
Philippines
75 21 4
Study LocationMetro Manila Outside Metro
Manila
93 5
Basic demographic
s of the students
Have Mobile Phone Yes No
98 0
# of mobile phones
one two threemore than three
57 39 1 1
Have Laptop Yes No
83 15
no. of Laptopsone two three
more than three
38 49 2
Basic demographics of
the students
Bar chart showing the Laptop and Computer Statistics of the
Students
15
36
17
9 10
52 1 1
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
No. of Laptops or Computers at Home
one
two
three
four
f ive
six
eight
nine
ten
Bar chart showing the students’ average time spent surfing the
web Average Time Spent in the Web
3
21
23
50
0
9
5
82
1-2 hours
3-4 hours
5-6 hours
More than 6
Ave Time Spent on internet during Weekend
Ave Time Spent on internet during Weekday
The top three preferred social network sites are Multiply (89%), Friendster (88%) and Facebook
(83%).
E-mail 94%IM 96%Online Chat 78%Doing Research 83%Downloading files 83%Online Games 61%Social Networking 86%Watching Video online 81%
Top web activities
of the students
Top items downloaded by the students from the web
Top items dow nloaded from the Web
movie, 68
music, 72TV Show , 52
Program, 53
e-Book, 24
Synthesis of the Survey
A student engaged in UCC
1. prioritizes mobile and web connectivity for communication and information access; gives importance to virtual interactions as part of social activities; has high consideration to quality, traditional educational structure
Self-service learning skill
refers to the habitual ability to get fast, relevant and immediate knowledge and information, manage and organize time and effort, experience online, mobile and physical interactions and views technology engagement as second nature together with learning.
A student engaged in UCC
2. the students’ perspective of UCC based on the survey as “good, helpful, an emerging trend of gathering data and information, necessary to learning and that it should not be abused.”
2. Urban Class Computing“a condition wherein there is a natural, opportunistic reliance on the ICT tools to facilitate efficient and immediate task and learning delivery be it in the classroom or at home, or anywhere in the campus.”
A student engaged in UCC
3. the approbation for quality, traditional on-campus educational structure is very evident.
Students’ view of physically going to school gives high regard to the need for (1)social interaction, (2)more learning, (2)getting good grades, (3)having daily allowances, (4)interactions with good professors and (5)earning a degree.
Other results
4. Learning or studying in an urban university prescribes a technology learning tool. This is favorable to the students who have access to a wide range of ICT tools.
5. Projects related to the permissible use of ICT in the classroom or campus should start
Challenges Faced by the Urban
University
Provision for changing ICT infrastructure from wired connection to wireless
Computer laboratories may be out of date
Keeping the wireless connections always available
Classroom policies on the use of technology will have to be studied in the light of what will be more conducive to learning, what is permissible and extent of technology use.
Expansion in the form of creation of buildings will have to be planned to accommodate sustainable ICT infrastructure and ambient informatics
Sustaining the ICT infrastructure may require urban setting universities to establish linkage with private companies to be able to deliver and sustain quality ICT service facilities for learning.
Thank youHave a great
Greek evening!
Maria Victoria G. [email protected]
[email protected] http://whymanagetech.blogspot.com