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.

1. URBAN CLASS COMPUTING: Promising or Perilous MARIA VICTORIA G. PINEDA De La Salle University-Manila, PHILIPPINES 9 July 2009 Corfu, Greece

2. Roughly 6244.53miles From Manila to Corfu Distance from Manila, Philippines to Athens, Greece is 6010.3 Miles( 9672.7 Kilometers / 5219.4 Nautical Miles ) Map source: http://www.mapsharing.org/MS-maps/map-pages-worldmap/images-map/1-world-map-political.gif

3. “Urban computing is the integration of computing, sensing and actuation technologies into everyday urban living and lifestyles”. Kindberg, Chalmers & Paulos, 2007

4. This is the traditional university in an urban setting environment

5. 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

6. 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

8. Some of the De La Salle Bldgs St. La Salle Hall Andrew Gonzalez Hall Yuchengco Hall Ampitheatre Most Blessed Sacrament Chapel

9. This is the profile of the students accepted in a traditional urban setting environment

10. Basic demographics of the students

11. Basic demographics of the students

12. Bar chart showing the Laptop and Computer Statistics of the Students

13. Bar chart showing the students’ average time spent surfing the web

14. The top three preferred social network sites are Multiply (89%), Friendster (88%) and Facebook (83%). Top web activities of the students

15. Top items downloaded by the students from the web

16. Synthesis of the Survey

17. A student engaged in UCC 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

18. 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.

19. A student engaged in UCC 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.”

20. 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.”

21. A student engaged in UCC 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.

22. Other results 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. Projects related to the permissible use of ICT in the classroom or campus should start

23. Challenges Faced by the Urban University

24. 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.