Wireless bridges : the laptop experience in the learning environment

The Laptop experience has changed the way people work and interact with learning space. The integration of technology in learning environments affects the usage of space and produces new learning patterns. However, new learning patterns do not come automatically with new technology. Technology, space and social behavior affect each other, and cannot have their full effect without adjusting to one another. Therefor, in order to optimize the use of wireless technology, both spaces and social behaviors have to change. To understand and design space which accommodates the new technology, we need to observe and see how people interact with space and what kind of learning and interacting patterns emerge with mobile technology. This thesis begins this process of observation and analysis through an examination of how several students at MIT utilize wireless laptops during the semester.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2003

Author dc:creator

• Lee, Sophia J. (Sophia Juhee), 1977-

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• William L. Porter and Francis Duffy.

• Architecture.

Statement dc:rights

• M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/68397

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/68397