Investigating the Educational Needs of Elderly People Within the Scope of an Educational Program on the Use of Social Media Networks by Smartphones

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Author(s): Venetis Kanakaris (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)and Maria Pavlis Korres (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)
Copyright: 2021
Pages: 22
Source title: IT and the Development of Digital Skills and Competences in Education
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos (University of Oviedo, Spain), Miltiadis D. Lytras (American College of Greece, Greece & Effat University, Saudi Arabia)and Xi Zhang (Tianjin University, China)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-4972-8.ch007

Keywords: Education / Educational Technologies / Information Science Reference

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Social media networks are becoming increasingly popular as a means for social interaction. A number of studies have found that elderly people have a difficulty in using social media platforms while exist a number of barriers that discourage them from using technology. This chapter investigates the educational needs of older people, who are members of two elderly care centers in Northern Greece, intending to attend an educational program on using smartphones as a communication tool to join social media networks. Research findings indicate that elderly women are more willing to attend an educational program than men and key areas of their interest include access to the internet (e.g., online payments), how to create and use an e-mail account, and how to join social media networks in order to feel less isolated by communicating with other individuals or groups with the same interests.

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