Getting Started Guide to Wireless Networks (01 May 2004)

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Getting Started Guide to Wireless Networks (01 May 2004)
This mobile access is already starting to alter the dynamics of education. Students can own the kinds of tool that an academic or researcher takes for granted. They can browse the internet, share files and learning resources, and keep in permanent contact with friends and colleagues. Being able to communicate online at the same time as talk face-to-face can enhance learning, allowing students to mail queries to a teaching assistant during a lecture, to carry out small group research in the classroom, or to swap and critique each other's work. Research at Pontificia Universidad Católica, in Santiago, Chile has shown that children can learn maths topics more effectively in small groups using wireless hand-held computers compared to paper-based activities.

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