Technological literacy for seniors. Experience in the UNED Senior, Argentina
In this paper, we report an experience with adults willing to learn and/or improve their ICT skills. The purpose was to reduce ICT exclusion, promoting awareness and confidence to continue learning. Theories on learning styles, role of emotions and implications in social behavior supported our proje...
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I10-R10-article-95502023-07-06T23:14:04Z Technological literacy for seniors. Experience in the UNED Senior, Argentina Alfabetización tecnológica para mayores.Experiencia en la UNED Senior, Argentina Rodríguez Carracedo, María Carmen de la Barrera Minervini, Juan José adult education digital literacy technological education social integration. educación adultos alfabetización digital educación tecnológica integración social In this paper, we report an experience with adults willing to learn and/or improve their ICT skills. The purpose was to reduce ICT exclusion, promoting awareness and confidence to continue learning. Theories on learning styles, role of emotions and implications in social behavior supported our project. We chose the paradigm for change to adjust the process and its impact. We tried to demystify the popular beliefs on impassable barriers related to ICT management and improve self-esteem and independence on technology use. The results exceeded our expectations and were the consequence of respecting learning styles, encouraging hands-on experiences, exchanging ideas, imitating procedures and allowing adults themselves to make mistakes. We concluded that age was not a factor that influences on either keeping distant or deciding to migrate into digitization, nor is a barrier in this displacement. Our project was not expensive and, furthermore, it is transferable. It is necessary to increase this kind of projects, and to encourage young people to participate for mutual enrichment. Relatamos una experiencia con adultos inquietos por aprender y/o mejorar como usuarios de ordenador. Buscamos combatir la info-exclusión, dinamizando la concientización sobre capacidades y confianza para continuar aprendiendo; sustentados en teorías del aprendizaje, papel de las emociones e implicaciones en el comportamiento social. Para ajustar el proceso; dando cuenta del impacto, elegimos el paradigma para el cambio. Intentamos desmitificar creencias populares en torno a barreras infranqueables sobre manejo de las TIC y acrecentar la autoestima e independencia frente a ellas. Los resultados superaron las expectativas y son producto de respetar estilos de aprender; alentando a probar, intercambiar ideas, copiar procedimientos y permitirse equivocaciones. Concluimos que la edad no diferencia los sentimientos que genera tanto mantenerse distante como decidir migrar hacia la digitalización; tampoco es barrera en dicho desplazamiento. Nuestro emprendimiento no fue costoso, es transferible y resulta imprescindible incrementar estas acciones; concienciando a la juventud para intervenir y enriquecerse mutuamente. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Faculdad de Ciencias Sociales, Centro de Estudios Avanzados. Maestría en Procesos Educativos Mediados por Tecnología 2014-11-30 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/vesc/article/view/9550 Virtuality, Education and Science; Vol. 5 No. 9; pp. 56-69 Virtualidad, Educación y Ciencia; Vol. 5 Núm. 9; pp. 56-69 1853-6530 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/vesc/article/view/9550/10319 Derechos de autor 2014 María Carmen Rodríguez Carracedo, Juan José de la Barrera Minervini |
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adult education digital literacy technological education social integration. educación adultos alfabetización digital educación tecnológica integración social |
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Rodríguez Carracedo, María Carmen de la Barrera Minervini, Juan José |
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Technological literacy for seniors. Experience in the UNED Senior, Argentina |
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Technological literacy for seniors. Experience in the UNED Senior, Argentina |
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In this paper, we report an experience with adults willing to learn and/or improve their ICT skills. The purpose was to reduce ICT exclusion, promoting awareness and confidence to continue learning. Theories on learning styles, role of emotions and implications in social behavior supported our project. We chose the paradigm for change to adjust the process and its impact. We tried to demystify the popular beliefs on impassable barriers related to ICT management and improve self-esteem and independence on technology use. The results exceeded our expectations and were the consequence of respecting learning styles, encouraging hands-on experiences, exchanging ideas, imitating procedures and allowing adults themselves to make mistakes. We concluded that age was not a factor that influences on either keeping distant or deciding to migrate into digitization, nor is a barrier in this displacement. Our project was not expensive and, furthermore, it is transferable. It is necessary to increase this kind of projects, and to encourage young people to participate for mutual enrichment. |
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Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Faculdad de Ciencias Sociales, Centro de Estudios Avanzados. Maestría en Procesos Educativos Mediados por Tecnología |
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