This article showcases "Compuabuelitos," a Mexican project where teenagers taught their own grandparent (or another elderly person they already knew) basic cell phone technology skills. The Spanish project name conflates "computer" and "abuelitos" [the affectionate term for grandparents], which is difficult to…

This study analyses how teenaged instructors paired with older learners make use of scaffolding. Video data were categorised according to 15 types of direct scaffolding tactics, indirect scaffolding, and unused scaffolding opportunities. The results show that a teenager who is unprepared for the role of an instructor of Internet skills for older…

This book contains eight papers on adult learning and literacy. "The Year 1998 in Review" (Fran Tracy-Mumford) examines educational legislation and policy and developments in adult education program development, program accountability, strategic alliances and partnerships, and instructional methodologies and technologies. "Lessons…