Older people & technological innovations - lifelong learning and applications for health and wellbeing

Hughes, Jonathan (2012). Older people & technological innovations - lifelong learning and applications for health and wellbeing. In: New Dynamics of Learning & Ageing: Rsearch, Policy & Practice Conference, 21-22 Mar 2012, Maynooth, Ireland.

Abstract

The presentation reports on the OPT-In project whose objectives were to increase the confidence of older people and workers to use diverse technologies in daily life, to provide opportunities for older people and their supporters to engage with existing, new and emerging technologies and to use technology as a medium that enhances older peoples’ opportunities to be fully engaged citizens in local, national, European and global society.

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• Item ORO ID
• 42382
• Item Type
• Conference or Workshop Item
• Project Funding Details

• Funded Project Name	Project ID	Funding Body
  Older People and Technological Innovations. (K-09-03-JT)	2009-1-GB2-GRU06-01715 1	EC (European Commission): non-FP (inc.Erasmus)

• Extra Information
• Title of paper in conference programme : Older people and technical innovations: applications for health and wellbeing
  
  International training conference presented by The Association for Education and Ageing, Age Action Ireland, Workers' Educational Association NI & The New Dynamics of Ageing Research Programme UK
• Keywords
• older people; new technologies; social engagement
• Academic Unit or School
• Other Departments > Centre for Inclusion and Collaborative Partnerships (CICP)
  Other Departments
• Research Group
• Education
• Depositing User
• Jonathan Hughes