Factors Influencing on Development of Using Internet in the Agricultural Higher Education from the Viewpoints of M.Sc Students in the University of Zanjan

The main objective of this descriptive- correlative research was to study and analyze of factors influencing on development of using internet in the agricultural higher education from viewpoints of M. Sc students. The statistical population of the study consisted of 337 M. Sc students in the agricultural majors in the University of Zanjan. According to the Krejcie & Morgan Table، a sample size of 180 was selected using a stratified random sampling method. Data were collected from face-to-face interviews with respondents based on a structured questionnaire. A panel of faculty members in the University of Zanjan established the validity of the questionnaire. A pilot study was conducted to establish the reliability of the instrument. Cronbach''s alpha coefficient was used for the main scale of questionnaire، which scored from 0. 77 to 0. 84، confirming its appropriate reliability. The descriptive results showed that respondents have had the highest using of internet services in three fields of searching and finding general items from the internet، sending e-mails and searching and finding specialized topics related to educational fields from the internet. According to the findings of factor analysis، five factors namely availability to facilities، technical- environmental، educational، psychological and supportive explain 65. 1 percent of total variances of factors influencing on development of using internet in the agricultural higher education. Applying the finding of the study can help significantly to increasing the using internet by M. Sc agricultural majors in the University of Zanjan in the different research and educational activities and consequently improving their quality.