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What is Wireless Application

Encyclopedia of Information Communication Technology
Wireless application protocol (WAP) is an application environment and set of communication protocols for wireless devices designed to enable manufacturer-, vendor-, and technology-independent access to the Internet and advanced telephony services.
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Web-Based Course Management Systems (WCMS) Acceptance with College Students in Estonia
Princely Ifinedo (Cape Breton University, Canada)
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 8
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-845-1.ch110
Abstract
The objective of this article is to present the results of a study that investigates the acceptance of WCMS among college students in Estonia. The country is an emerging economy in the Baltic region of Europe. Estonia has made remarkable progress with respect to the use of ICT products in enhancing education at all levels (The Tiger Leap Foundation, 1997). Recently, Estonia joined forces with a pan-European e-learning project called the UNIVe (Estonian eUniversity, 2004; Ifinedo, 2005). Among other goals, the project aims at “increasing the availability of quality education for students and other people willing to learn …and, educating lecturers of universities to compile and practice quality and efficient e-courses” (Ifinedo, 2006).
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