Abstract

BEHAR, Patricia Alejandra; MACHADO, Leticia Rocha  and  GRANDE, Tássia Priscila Fagundes. Digital mapping skills: social inclusion of the elderly. ETD [online]. 2016, vol.18, n.4, pp.903-921. ISSN 1676-2592.  https://doi.org/10.20396/etd.v18i4.8644207.

This article maps the digital skills of the elderly in digital inclusion programs. These increasingly seek to follow the technological transformation, which allows an investigation into the digital skills of the elderly in the use of these resources. Therefore, the research is characterized as qualitative and quantitative, and was developed from three steps: 1) Construction of Theoretical Framework; 2) Extension course; 3) collection and analysis of data. For the third step three instruments were used: questionnaires with open and closed questions and participant observation. The audience were 31 elderly aged over 60 years who participated in a digital inclusion course offered in a Federal University. All signed the informed consent form. The data allow mapping five skills, categorized in three groups of skills: digital literacy, digital literacy, digital fluency. The main skills that appeared in these categories were: basic Web resources; Web Search; Communication via e-mail; reliable online information and Virtual Resiliency. The results allowed to infer that the elderly who attended the course are open to new learning and, especially, are extremely motivated to continue learning about digital technologies in general.

Keywords : Skills Development; Digital Divide; Elderly.

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