정보통신기술 활용에 대한 인식과 장애요인

An Assessment of Readiness and Barriers toward ICT Tools: The Case of Korea National College of Agriculture and Fishery

This study aims to examine agricultural college students’ perception of readiness and barriers towards im-plementation of ICT program. Data were gathered from 175 student of agricultural college in Korea. Descriptive statistics, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, t-test, and one-way ANOVA were applied to analyze the data. Results reveal that technology usefulness perception scores were high among the readiness compo-nents, but students readiness and school infrastructure readiness were low. Results also shows that policy and technology factors were also seen as the main barriers of ICT program implementation. Findings show that demographic variables did not significantly affect readiness and obstacles. The results of this study can provide guidance to the government or agricultural college organizations when considering readiness and bar-riers towards implementing ICT programs. In addition, this study contributes to improve the theory of adoption behavior and contributes to the foundation for future research aimed at improving our understanding of agri-cultural college students behavior.