TY - JOUR
T1 - Older adults’ reasons to participate in digital skills learning: An interdisciplinary, multiple case study from Austria, Finland, and Germany
AU - Pihlainen, Kaisa
AU - Ehlers, Anja
AU - Rohner, Rebekka
AU - Cerna, Katerina
AU - Kärnä, Eija
AU - Hess, Moritz
AU - Hengl, Lisa
AU - Aavikko, Lotta
AU - Frewer-Graumann, Susanne
AU - Gallistl, Vera
AU - Müller, Claudia
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 University of Eastern Finland. Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2022/10/20
Y1 - 2022/10/20
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1080/02660830.2022.2133268
DO - 10.1080/02660830.2022.2133268
M3 - Journal article
JO - Studies in the Education of Adults
JF - Studies in the Education of Adults
SN - 0266-0830
ER -