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Elderly inclusion in E-Learning - Part 1. �

Jane Lee

Dept. Technology Enhanced Learning, MTU

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Session overview

The importance of senior inclusion in E-learning.

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Who are elderly learners?

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BETA Survey Results

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Engaging Courses for Elderly learners

Introduction

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Background

Importance

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What is wrong with this picture?

Introduction

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Without digital inclusion, elderly people may experience

Introduction

  • Barriers
  • Threat
  • Negative Consequences

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Without Digital Inclusion

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    • Essential services e.g banking
    • News
    • Opportunities
    • Other people

1. Barriers to

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Without Digital Literacy

    • Elder Abuse
    • Cybercrime
    • Loss of independence

2. Threats

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Without Digital Inclusion

    • Shame
    • Anxiety
    • Isolation

3. Negative Outcomes

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Age Action Ireland

Introduction

“A rights-based approach must enable the capacity of individuals to live independently and to maintain their privacy. As a result of being forced to transact online, a large proportion of older people lose independence and are required to divulge their private information to others.”

Quote source: Age Action Ireland

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Your Thoughts

Introduction

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What are the barriers to digital learning?

Introduction

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Background

Who?

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Who?

Who are elderly learners ?

In Ireland, elderly is classified as someone over the age of 65 years old.

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What do they have in common?

All have lived experience of life before the world wide web

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Guided exercise:

Who do you know who is elderly?

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Introduction

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A life well-lived

Introduction

Senior Citizens are diverse

  • Life experience
  • Culture
  • Education
  • Prior Knowledge

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Recognise and respect your learners

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Common Challenges

Introduction

  • Vision / Hearing Loss
  • Cognitive Decline
  • Reduced Motor Skills
  • Mixed Prior Knowledge
  • Low frustration tolerance

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Recognise and respect your learners

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Common Strengths

Introduction

  • Can read in-depth
  • Good conversational skills
  • Interest in stories
  • Expert in their own field

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What do you know about your learner group? What are their strengths?

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Activity

Introduction

  • Create a persona for your user. Give them some unique strengths and weaknesses.

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  • What is their background?

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  • What is their area of interest?

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Background

BETA Survey

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Date: 28-09-2023 Venue: Leuven, Belgium

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BETA TPM2

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BETA Survey Results

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Ildiko Van Rillaer, Nathalie Drooghmans en Maria Romeo-Velilla

UC Leuven-Limburg

Erasmus+ | ID: 2022-1-EL01-KA220-ADU-000088752 | Acronym: BETA

Funding Scheme: Erasmus+, KA220

Project website: www.eu-beta.com

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BETA Survey, May and June 2023

BETA Survey

To outline the digital needs, skills, interest and online behaviour of the elderly.

296 filled-in questionnaires led to 282 eligible answers from the following demographic

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BETA Survey Results

BETA Survey

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BETA Survey Results

BETA Survey

  • Half of the participants agreed that they lacked help to move on to digital communication

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  • The elderly are worried that they would have to learn a lot to start using digital communication

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  • The price of digital devices was for most people not an obstacle for digital communication

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BETA Survey Results

BETA Survey

  • Digital devices are overwhelmingly used for communication purposes

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  • This is followed by the reading of daily news and relaxation activities

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  • Only 33% of users indicated that they use digital devices for services

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BETA Survey Results

Introduction

Participants of the survey could choose a topic that they would be interested online

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  • Online news was the most popular

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  • Making music and Playing online card games and board games was the least popular

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Content

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What kind of content is relevant?

Content

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Learning Outcomes

Content

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SMART Goals

Content

Specific, Measurable,Attainable, Relevant, Timebound

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e.g. I want to be able to make a video call on my tablet without assistance in 4 weeks time.

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Live Delivery and Online Learning

Activity

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Activity

Look at your LX sheet from yesterday. Is there anything that you would like to change about it. Choose a topic that you think might be interesting for your learners.

Create a homepage on Canvas to introduce that topic to your learners with some specific learning outcomes.