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PRS server
& database
Fig. 9.2
Cloud voting service
Wiki (
2012
), there are already web-based PRS providers that use cell phones, such
as eduVote (
http://eduvote.de/
)
, Your Emotion Live (
http://www.yel.me
)
, and
Mentimeter (
http://mentimeter.com
)
, to provide a simplified free PRS service for
everyone.
The feasibility of this cloud service also depends on whether the students have their
own mobile devices. This is evident from the m-commerce applications which are
“especially popular in Europe, Japan, South Korea, and other countries with strong
wireless broadband infrastructure” (Laudon and Laudon
2011
, p. 352). In Taiwan, a
developing country, the majority of college students have cell phones and some have
notebook computers. According to a 2010 investigation, nearly 80 % of junior high
school students have cell phones and over 20 % of high school students have two cell
phones (Huaxia
2010
). Therefore, even in a developing country like Taiwan, it is
promising for college students to access the cloud voting service via their own cell
phones. Although only one-third of students may have 3G access through their cell
phones, the Wi-Fi access in college campus is almost 100 %. Even outside the
classrooms, the majority of college campuses in Taiwan have wireless connections
built into every building. These connections can facilitate the voting services using
Wi-Fi cell phones/notebooks or 3G cell phones. This new, unprecedented environ-
ment widens the application scope of voting services in campus activities.
