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Making Computer Learning Easier for Older Adults: A Community Study of Tuition Practices

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Older adults are under increasing pressure to use information technologies, yet are reluctant to learn computer software due to difficulties with ways of teaching such skills. This paper argues that examining tutoring techniques in a community computer training centre is useful to discovering why they will persist with learning. Using a Grounded Theory study design, the theory that emerged that accounted for continuance was the tutoring practices and the relationships that were built between tutor and learner. Examples from the data are presented to support the findings that link certain ways of practicing computer tutoring with repeat lesson attendance. This paper contributes to understanding the types of tutoring practices that can encourage older learners to continue the learning journey in later life. In turn, this assists with overcoming the digital divide older learners not skilled in computer use experience and allows them to participate in an increasing technologically driven society.
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hal-01054692 , version 1 (08-08-2014)

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Michael Nycyk, Margaret Redsell. Making Computer Learning Easier for Older Adults: A Community Study of Tuition Practices. IFIP TC 3 International Conference on Key Competencies in the Knowledge Society (KCKS) / Held as Part of World Computer Congress (WCC), Sep 2010, Brisbane, Australia. pp.292-300, ⟨10.1007/978-3-642-15378-5_28⟩. ⟨hal-01054692⟩
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