TY - JOUR
T1 - A Multilevel Model of Older Adults’ Appropriation of ICT and Acquisition of Digital Literacy
AU - Kärnä, Eija
AU - Aavikko, Lotta
AU - Rohner, Rebekka
AU - Gallistl, Vera
AU - Pihlainen, Kaisa
AU - Müller, Claudia
AU - Ehlers, Anja
AU - Bevilacqua, Roberta
AU - Strano, Stefano
AU - Maranesi, Elvira
AU - Cerna, Katerina
AU - Hengl, Lisa
AU - Kolland, Franz
AU - Waldenberger, Franz
AU - Naegele, Gerd
AU - Park, Sieun
AU - Hess, Moritz
AU - Reuter, Verena
AU - Frewer-Graumann, Susanne
AU - Korjonen-Kuusipuro, Kristiina
N1 - Funding Information:
The work within the ACCESS project was supported by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF) as part of the MissionERA programme under Grant 861953, by the Italian Ministry of Research under Grant 643850, by the Academy of Finland under Grant 318865, and by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) under Grant 16SV7956K/16SV7957. JPI MYBL is supported by J-Age II, which is funded by Horizon 2020—the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation under Grant No. 643850.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022/12
Y1 - 2022/12
N2 - Digital literacy refers to a set of competencies related to the skilled use of computers and information technology. Low digital skills can be a barrier for older adults' full participation in a digital society, and COVID-19 has increased this risk of social exclusion. Older adults' digital inclusion is a complex process that consists of the interplay of structural and individual factors. The ACCESS project unwrapped the complexity of the process and developed an innovative, multilevel model that illustrates how societal, institutional, material and pedagogical aspects shape adults' appropriation of digital literacy. A holistic model describes factors contributing to older adults' digital literacy, acknowledging sociocultural contexts, environments, learning settings and instruction practices for learning digital literacy. Instead of seeing older adults' reasons for learning digital skills purely as individual choice, this model recognizes the interpersonal, institutional and societal aspects that implicitly or explicitly influence older adults' acquisition of digital literacy. The results offer a tool for stakeholders, the research community, companies, designers and other relevant stakeholders to consider digital skills and the given support. It demands diverse communication between different stakeholders about the things that should be discussed when organizing digital support in digitalized societies.
AB - Digital literacy refers to a set of competencies related to the skilled use of computers and information technology. Low digital skills can be a barrier for older adults' full participation in a digital society, and COVID-19 has increased this risk of social exclusion. Older adults' digital inclusion is a complex process that consists of the interplay of structural and individual factors. The ACCESS project unwrapped the complexity of the process and developed an innovative, multilevel model that illustrates how societal, institutional, material and pedagogical aspects shape adults' appropriation of digital literacy. A holistic model describes factors contributing to older adults' digital literacy, acknowledging sociocultural contexts, environments, learning settings and instruction practices for learning digital literacy. Instead of seeing older adults' reasons for learning digital skills purely as individual choice, this model recognizes the interpersonal, institutional and societal aspects that implicitly or explicitly influence older adults' acquisition of digital literacy. The results offer a tool for stakeholders, the research community, companies, designers and other relevant stakeholders to consider digital skills and the given support. It demands diverse communication between different stakeholders about the things that should be discussed when organizing digital support in digitalized societies.
KW - Aged
KW - COVID-19/epidemiology
KW - Humans
KW - Learning
KW - Literacy
KW - Multilevel Analysis
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U2 - 10.3390/ijerph192315714
DO - 10.3390/ijerph192315714
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 36497789
VL - 19
SP - 15714
JO - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
SN - 1661-7827
IS - 23
M1 - 15714
ER -