• 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