@article{ce27d10817f34ca7806da332b4227a69,
title = "Older adults{\textquoteright} reasons to participate in digital skills learning: An interdisciplinary, multiple case study from Austria, Finland, and Germany",
abstract = "The rapid development of digital technologies and their increasing application in many areas of everyday life challenge all citizens to continuously learn digital skills. This also applies to older adults, among whom digital literacy is on average less well-developed than among younger adults. This article investigates why retired older adults participate in opportunities to learn digital skills. Multiple case design with both qualitative and quantitative methods was used to include the views of older adults from Austria, Finland, and Germany. The results of this interdisciplinary study indicated individual, social and technical reasons for their participation in digital skills training. Practical implications and recommendations for future studies are suggested.",
keywords = "Older adults, digital skills, multiple case study, participation",
author = "Kaisa Pihlainen and Anja Ehlers and Rebekka Rohner and Katerina Cerna and Eija K{\"a}rn{\"a} and Moritz Hess and Lisa Hengl and Lotta Aavikko and Susanne Frewer-Graumann and Vera Gallistl and Claudia M{\"u}ller",
note = "Funding Information: This work within the project {\textquoteleft}MYBL-Supporting digital literacy and appropriation of ICT by older people (ACCESS){\textquoteright} was funded by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF) as part of the MissionERA program (861953) and by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and Academy of Finland. JPI MYBL is supported by J-Age II, which is funded by Horizon 2020-The EU Framework Program for Research and Innovation under Grant Agreement nr 643850. We kindly thank Kristiina Korjonen-Kuusipuro for participating in data collection in Finland and all the older adults who participated in this research. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.",
year = "2023",
doi = "10.1080/02660830.2022.2133268",
language = "English",
volume = "55",
pages = "101--119",
journal = "Studies in the Education of Adults",
issn = "0266-0830",
publisher = "Taylor and Francis Ltd.",
number = "1",
}