e-Competence - The Elderly and Competence in e-Learning

Leticia Rocha Machado, Patricia Alejandra Behar

2014

Abstract

The increase in population age is undeniable today. At the same time, technologies are increasingly present in daily tasks. In this scenario, the role of continuing education courses to enable showing the full development of the subject. E-learning can be one of these possibilities, since it covers a wide range of older people. Thus, it is necessary to discuss the necessary skills DL in the elderly. This research was developed in a virtual course of workshops with different themes for the elderly at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. From the results obtained in this study it was possible to map the skills of older students in a virtual environment. We list as interaction skills , autonomy , digital literacy , virtual literacy ; digital information ; virtual resilience , organization and cooperation. Therefore, we see the need for greater depth in relation to e-learning for seniors and what is required to allow for constructive action on this issue in this kind of education skills. Currently the increase of elderly led to questions and social change. Thus the results show the need to rethink new educational practices that may include older people in today's society.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Rocha Machado L. and Behar P. (2014). e-Competence - The Elderly and Competence in e-Learning . In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-758-020-8, pages 346-353. DOI: 10.5220/0004850003460353

in Bibtex Style

@conference{csedu14,
author={Leticia Rocha Machado and Patricia Alejandra Behar},
title={e-Competence - The Elderly and Competence in e-Learning},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,},
year={2014},
pages={346-353},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004850003460353},
isbn={978-989-758-020-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,
TI - e-Competence - The Elderly and Competence in e-Learning
SN - 978-989-758-020-8
AU - Rocha Machado L.
AU - Behar P.
PY - 2014
SP - 346
EP - 353
DO - 10.5220/0004850003460353