Title :
Senior citizens as a specific non-traditional group of students in a lifelong education
Author :
Umárová, Monika ; Cerná, Miloslava
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Educ., Univ. of Hradec Kralove, Hradec Králove, Czech Republic
Abstract :
The contribution is focused on senior citizens as a specific and growing group of the society all over the world. Currently education of senior citizens is being developed especially in the area of utilization of information technologies. The paper deals with specific features of education of seniors which is considered to be distinguished space for development of social creativity. Outcomes of the quantitative and qualitative research which was focused mainly on the comparison and evaluation of the current offer in the area of senior lifelong education are presented in here. Preferences and experience with ICT and use of current computer technology in the educational process of senior citizens are highlighted.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; continuing education; computer technology; information technology; lifelong education; senior citizen education; social creativity; Computers; Electronic mail; Engineering education; Internet; Interviews; Senior citizens; ICT; creativity Introduction; leisure time; lifelong education; senior citizen;
Conference_Titel :
Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Amman
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-642-2
DOI :
10.1109/EDUCON.2011.5773226