Individuals over 60 years old, that now have the skills and financial flexibility to create opportunities in the technological and educational aspects.
Published in Chapter:
Senior Citizens Learning Safe Behaviors on the Web: A Case Study Involving an Online Educational Game
Iolanda Bernardino (Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal), José Bidarra Almeida (Universidade Aberta, Portugal), Ricardo José Vieira Baptista (Universidade do Porto, Portugal), and Henrique S. Mamede (Universidade Aberta, Portugal)
Copyright: © 2022
|Pages: 27
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-4706-2.ch008
Abstract
Daily tasks like reading the news or just saying hello to a friend or family member is through technologies, online applications in the mobile devices. Being online is a natural way of life, but those how did not grow with these new technologies and the internet feel outcast from the new online world. Senior citizens are looking to get themselves an update, connect with this online world, to be closer to family and friend members. It is simple as that, but is it? No. Without the fundamental knowledge on how to be safe on online browsing or using social media applications are the personal data of senior citizen safe and their own life safe? No. Through serious games, one can help them to learn all the matters in digital skills and more importantly in online web browsing.