| |
Centre for Policy on Ageing | |
 | |
|
Training older adults to use the computer
— issues related to the workplace, attitudes, and training | | Author(s) | Renee A Baldi |
| Journal title | Educational Gerontology, vol 23, no 5, July-Aug 1997 |
| Pages | pp 453-465 |
| Keywords | Training [elderly workers] ; Computers ; Attitude ; Job requirements ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The number of computer illiterate older adults in the workplace is expected to increase as the number in that age group grows, creating a need for computer training. Negative stereotypes of the incompetent older adult have not been supported by research. Older adults' attitudes toward the computer do improve with positive experiences with the computer. Also, training studies show that older people can learn how to use the computer, but need approximately twice as long to complete training as young adults. Factors that are important for computer training in this population are discussed. |
| Accession Number | CPA-971030242 A |
| Classmark | GF: 3O: DP: WJA: 7T |
Data © Centre for Policy on Ageing |
|
| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
| |
|