TY - JOUR
T1 - Digital Literacy Education for Older Adults
T2 - A Scoping Review
AU - Xu, Lingran
AU - Lam, Yu Yan
AU - Ng, Davy Tsz Kit
AU - Peng, Pei
AU - Suen, Wing Lam
AU - Lee, Cameron Shum Yi
AU - Chu, Samuel Kai Wah
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
87 Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science & Technology | Oct. 25 – 29, 2024 | Calgary, AB, Canada.
PY - 2024/10
Y1 - 2024/10
N2 - In the context of global aging, digital technologies are increasingly recognized as a means to address the challenges associated with aging. Although many studies have explored the relationship between older adults and digital literacy, there is a gap identifying their necessary skills, challenges, and learning motivations. This review identified 30 articles from 2014 to 2024 and delineated five areas of digital literacy skills that older adults acquire, the hurdles they face in this process, and what drives their learning efforts. The difficulties faced by older adults in learning digital literacy include unfamiliarity with technology, cognitive decline, emotional barriers, limited access to digital resources, and physical and health issues. These challenges may lead to frustration in their use of devices and apps, which may affect their willingness to learn. This study, despite a small sampling size, paves the way for future research, including evaluating online fake information and addressing safety risks.
AB - In the context of global aging, digital technologies are increasingly recognized as a means to address the challenges associated with aging. Although many studies have explored the relationship between older adults and digital literacy, there is a gap identifying their necessary skills, challenges, and learning motivations. This review identified 30 articles from 2014 to 2024 and delineated five areas of digital literacy skills that older adults acquire, the hurdles they face in this process, and what drives their learning efforts. The difficulties faced by older adults in learning digital literacy include unfamiliarity with technology, cognitive decline, emotional barriers, limited access to digital resources, and physical and health issues. These challenges may lead to frustration in their use of devices and apps, which may affect their willingness to learn. This study, despite a small sampling size, paves the way for future research, including evaluating online fake information and addressing safety risks.
KW - Digital divide
KW - digital learning
KW - digital literacy
KW - intergenerational learning
KW - older adults
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85206811039&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/pra2.1081
DO - 10.1002/pra2.1081
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85206811039
VL - 61
SP - 691
EP - 696
JO - Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology
JF - Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology
IS - 1
ER -