The Challenge and Effect of Support Activity in ICT Training Sessions for the Purpose of Information Exchange in the Region: A Case Study of the SCOPE Project in Rural Areas of Northern Kyoto Prefecture

Abstract

In conducting this research, we identified factors disrupting ICT-literacy building in rural areas. We examined the ICT training sessions that addressed Facebook use, carried out by Kyoto University in three regions located in the northern part of Kyoto prefecture, as study cases. In particular, we focused on support activity between the university’s lecturer and student residents in those regions and compared them to a preferred relationship model. As a result, we were able to classify students into four categories. Furthermore, through analysis of the factors accounting for these differences, we found that Facebook use is disrupted without the following two things: (1) career support, such as networking, and (2) social and psychological support.