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Elderly People with Disabilities in the Internet Age
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Author(s): Panagiotis Kyriazopoulos (Technological Educational Institute of Piraeus, Greece), Irene Samanta (Technological Educational Institute of Piraeus, Greece), Rania Christou (Technological Educational Institute of Piraeus, Greece)and Anastasios Ntanos (Technological Educational Institute of Piraeus, Greece)
Copyright: 2011
Pages: 17
Source title:
Technology Enhanced Learning for People with Disabilities: Approaches and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos (Universidad de Oviedo, Spain), Jingyuan Zhao (Harbin Institute of Technology, China)and Robert D. Tennyson (University of Minnesota, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-923-1.ch010
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Abstract
The purpose of this research is to explore behaviour regarding the use of the internet by elderly people with movement disabilities. The study illustrates the ways, and the frequency, that they make use of the internet; while identifying the attitudes of non-users towards the internet. Quantitative research was carried out from a sample of 180 questionnaires divided into dyads (ninety users of the internet and ninety non-users) in order to explore and evaluate the attitudes and views of the elderly. The findings identify the factors that motivate older individuals with disabilities to move towards making use of the internet, and allow an understanding of the reasons why some of them are still distrustful towards the internet.
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