Digital inclusion of elderly individuals during a pandemic: Experience report of an extension project
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https://doi.org/10.5380/ef.v0i23.80577Keywords:
older people, digital inclusion, virtual learning environmentAbstract
Objective: To present the development of a digital inclusion project for the elderly conducted in a virtual learning environment. Methods: Experience report on the development of a remote digital inclusion project for the elderly offered in Curitiba and Rio de Janeiro. Participants were invited through WhatsApp® groups and social media promotion. The criteria for participation were: being 60 years old or older, owning a Smartphone with internet access, ability to download the Google Meet® application, and ability to send messages via WhatsApp®. Four workshops for Smartphone use were held between April 2020 and January 2021, two in Curitiba and two in Rio de Janeiro. The meetings were conducted by 19 Occupational Therapy students. Result: 47 elderly individuals participated in the workshops, aged between 61 and 85 years, mostly female. In the analysis of reports, the barriers indicated by the workshop monitors were related to technology itself, the environment, the teaching and learning process, and personal factors. Facilitators included the creation of instructional video material, the exchange of the teaching platform, the possibility of rescheduling meetings, and task division in pairs. Conclusion: With the context of the pandemic, the digital inclusion project took place in a virtual format and highlighted its importance as a practice to promote technology use, learning and skill development, and especially to promote social inclusion of the elderly in adverse situations.
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