Learning, Old Age and Email

Learning, Old Age and Email

John S. Murnane
ISBN13: 9781615206902|ISBN10: 1615206906|EISBN13: 9781615206919
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-690-2.ch015
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Murnane, John S. "Learning, Old Age and Email." Multiple Literacy and Science Education: ICTs in Formal and Informal Learning Environments, edited by Susan Rodrigues, IGI Global, 2010, pp. 249-262. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-690-2.ch015

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Murnane, J. S. (2010). Learning, Old Age and Email. In S. Rodrigues (Ed.), Multiple Literacy and Science Education: ICTs in Formal and Informal Learning Environments (pp. 249-262). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-690-2.ch015

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Murnane, John S. "Learning, Old Age and Email." In Multiple Literacy and Science Education: ICTs in Formal and Informal Learning Environments, edited by Susan Rodrigues, 249-262. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2010. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-690-2.ch015

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Abstract

This chapter describes a small research project to place Internet-linked computers in a retirement complex in Melbourne, Australia (Murnane 2007, 2008). The aim was to research the existing computer skills of the residents, provide lessons in the use of email and general Internet and computer use, investigate the most appropriate type of lessons, document the problems encountered by very senior people encountering computing and the Internet for the first time, collect research on how they used the computers, the attitudes of financial management, nursing and occupational staff towards the activity, and the involvement of peers, family and friends.

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