Universidade Portucalense, 4200 Porto, Portugal.
Psychogeriatrics Service, Hospital Magalhães Lemos, 4149 Porto, Portugal.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Jul 10;18(14):7390. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18147390.
An aging population and a digital society are realities. There is a need to equip older people with knowledge and computer skills so that they can participate in society, without feeling excluded or being marginalized. Third age universities are organizations around the world that specialize in teaching and learning for senior students in a more informal and more integrated way than other educational institutions. The objective of this study was to identify the existing quality publications that deal with the subject of computer education at senior universities. The SCOPUS and Web of Science databases were used, and 18 records were found according to the adopted criteria. It was found that these articles, depending on their focus, can be divided into four groups: educators, organizations/directors, students, and conceptual/review papers. Through these articles, it was possible to draw a picture of what older people's computer learning is like, what barriers exist for students to not be able to attend these classes, as well as tips on how courses should be organized and the pedagogical methodologies that must be adopted. It is intended that this article is used as a good tool for people who work in teaching information technology to the elderly, and especially for course directors who intend to create or reformulate courses of this type for this specific age group.
人口老龄化和数字化社会是现实。需要让老年人掌握知识和计算机技能，使他们能够参与社会，而不会感到被排斥或边缘化。第三年龄大学是全球范围内的组织，专门以比其他教育机构更非正式和更综合的方式教授老年学生。本研究的目的是确定现有的涉及老年大学计算机教育主题的优质出版物。使用了 SCOPUS 和 Web of Science 数据库，并根据采用的标准找到了 18 条记录。结果发现，这些文章根据其重点，可以分为四组：教育工作者、组织/主任、学生和概念/评论文章。通过这些文章，可以描绘出老年人学习计算机的情况，学生无法参加这些课程的存在哪些障碍，以及如何组织课程以及必须采用的教学方法的提示。希望本文能成为为老年人教授信息技术的人，特别是为打算为这个特定年龄段创建或重新制定此类课程的课程主任提供一个很好的工具。
