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Low-Income Minority Seniors' Enrollment in a Cybercafe: Psychological Barriers to Crossing the Digital Divide
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Jung, Younbo; Peng, Wei; Moran, Meghan; Jin, Seung-A Annie; McLaughlin, Margaret; Cody, Michael; Jordan-Marsh, Maryalice; Albright, Julie; Silverstein, Merril – Educational Gerontology, 2010
Investigated were why some low income, predominantly immigrant seniors (n = 91) choose to enroll in free training and start to use computers and the Internet while others choose not to enroll. The study was conducted in collaboration with a senior center in downtown Los Angeles that provides free Internet access and training to its seniors. The…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Older Adults, Access to Computers, Immigrants
Reviewing and Critiquing Computer Learning and Usage among Older Adults
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Kim, Young Sek – Educational Gerontology, 2008
By searching the keywords of "older adult" and "computer" in ERIC, Academic Search Premier, and PsycINFO, this study reviewed 70 studies published after 1990 that address older adults' computer learning and usage. This study revealed 5 prominent themes among reviewed literature: (a) motivations and barriers of older adults' usage of computers, (b)…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Older Adults, Computers, Access to Computers
Finding Information on the World Wide Web: Exploring Older Adults' Exploration.
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Kubeck, Jean E.; Miller-Albrecht, Sally A.; Murphy, Martin D. – Educational Gerontology, 1999
After training, 29 older and 30 younger adults conducted Web searches to answer two questions. Older adults were somewhat less efficient on the first and slightly less likely to find the right answer to the second. Few age differences in computer attitudes were found. (SK)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Computer Anxiety, Computer Attitudes, Information Seeking