Digital inclusion: opportunities for older people

Minocha, Shailey and Holland, Caroline (2016). Digital inclusion: opportunities for older people. In: Older European Citizens in a Changing World, Conference and AGM, Ransackers Association, 20 Sep 2016, Europe House, London, England.

Abstract

Based on findings from the Value Ageing project http://www.value-ageing.eu and our projects at the OU http://www.shaileyminocha.info/people-aged-over-55-years/, we discussed how digital inclusion of older people can provide various advantages and opportunities: online socialisation and alleviating of social isolation and loneliness; maintaining, nurturing and growth of their interests and hobbies; enhancing employability and being able to sustain lifelong learning through use of MOOCs and open educational resources; and being able to use digital health wearables for self-monitoring and self-management of health.

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• 50299
• Item Type
• Conference or Workshop Item
• Project Funding Details

• Funded Project Name	Project ID	Funding Body
  Social isolation in peope aged over 55 in Milton Keynes and possible solutions	Not Set	Milton Keynes Council
  Investigating the role of wearable activity-tracking technologies in the w	Not Set	Sir Halley Stewart Trust and The Open University

• Keywords
• active ageing; digital inclusion; digital skills; older people; people aged over 55 years; digital health wearables; online social interactions; MOOCs; Open Educational Resources; OERs; wearable technologies
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) > Computing and Communications
  Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
  Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies (WELS)
• Research Group
• Centre for Research in Computing (CRC)
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• Copyright Holders
• © 2016 The Open University, UK
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• • http://www.shaileyminocha.info/people-ag...(Research Group)
  • http://oro.open.ac.uk/50102/(Publication)
  • http://oro.open.ac.uk/44009/(Publication)
  • http://oro.open.ac.uk/43925/(Publication)
  • http://oro.open.ac.uk/46134/(Publication)
  • http://www.carolineholland.info(Author Website)
  • http://www.shaileyminocha.info/(Author Website)
  • https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaileyminoc...(Author Website)
  • http://www.shaileyminocha.info/digital-h...(Research Group)
  • http://oro.open.ac.uk/45897/(Publication)
  • http://oro.open.ac.uk/46187/(Publication)
  • http://www.ransackersassociation.org.uk/(Other)
  • http://www.value-ageing.eu(Other)
• Depositing User
• Shailey Minocha