Teaching IT to seniors
El Kordy, Adham (2015)
Haaga-Helia ammattikorkeakoulu
2015
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2015112718077
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2015112718077
Tiivistelmä
Computers have become a part of everyday life. Computers are used everywhere. Even little children are using various technologies from desktop to portable ones. This is not the case with elderly people. Computers have not been part of their life so far. That is why some of them are facing problems in today’s computerized society.
The main goal of this thesis was to learn to understand the seniors’ computer behaviour and how they would learn the best possible way to use their own personal computers.
The survey was made in four different sections of Helsingin Työväenopisto. The course participants were Finnish elderly or retired people, who wanted to learn how to use com-puters. The Survey was made by using Google questionnaire forms and it was send via the internet to the teachers to distribute among students. Half of the students answered the questionnaire in a paper format. The questions concerned the senior’s computer usage, their areas of interest and their learning habits.
The research showed that the seniors’ main concern was to learn the basic use of computer and knowing how to do the banking was important. They learned the easiest from the teacher and by practising their own. The study reveals most of them understood at least some of the basics.
The learning and studying must be always cherished. If the person is not old today it would not mean that he or she will not have problems with technology in the future. People always have to respect not fear the technology. If someone thinks he or she knows everything it means he or she have not searched deep enough.
The main goal of this thesis was to learn to understand the seniors’ computer behaviour and how they would learn the best possible way to use their own personal computers.
The survey was made in four different sections of Helsingin Työväenopisto. The course participants were Finnish elderly or retired people, who wanted to learn how to use com-puters. The Survey was made by using Google questionnaire forms and it was send via the internet to the teachers to distribute among students. Half of the students answered the questionnaire in a paper format. The questions concerned the senior’s computer usage, their areas of interest and their learning habits.
The research showed that the seniors’ main concern was to learn the basic use of computer and knowing how to do the banking was important. They learned the easiest from the teacher and by practising their own. The study reveals most of them understood at least some of the basics.
The learning and studying must be always cherished. If the person is not old today it would not mean that he or she will not have problems with technology in the future. People always have to respect not fear the technology. If someone thinks he or she knows everything it means he or she have not searched deep enough.