Community Literacy Journal Apr 2007 Open Access

Older Adults and Community-based Technological Literacy Programs: Barriers & Benefits to Learning

Heidi McKee ; Kristine Blair

Abstract

In this article, we briefl y review national statistics on older adults and computer usage —statistics that led us to volunteer to develop technological literacy programs for older adults at local community centers. Because we recognize that all literacies are developed and used by specifi c people in specifi c contexts, we describe the community centers where we volunteered, our roles as teachers and later as researchers, and the technological literacy curricula we developed and revised based on extensive input from participants. We discuss the barriers and benefi ts to older adults’ acquisition of technological literacies. We argue for the importance of building communities of practice based on relational support and interaction and for the importance of drawing from assets and needs existing within communities.

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Community Literacy Journal
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2007-04-01
DOI
10.25148/clj.1.2.009516
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