DocumentCode
3201358
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
fYear
2011
fDate
4-6 April 2011
Firstpage
771
Lastpage
776
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location
Amman
Print_ISBN
978-1-61284-642-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/EDUCON.2011.5773226
Filename
5773226
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