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Expeditions into the digital world: one week of discoveries for senior citizens
"Only together can we shape the digital transformation." Our partner Stiftung Digitale Chancen (Digital Opportunities Foundation, Berlin) took this motto as an opportunity to invite senior citizens all over Germany to discover the digital world in a multi-day voyage. In the week between the 14th till the 18th of June, [...]
Elderly ambassadors’ training session on Digital Collaboration in Switzerland
On the 29th of May 2021 some of our ICT4theElderly ambassadors had the chance to participate in an introductory workshop on Digital collaboration. This event was held in Grandvaux, in Switzerland. This event provoked particular interest in our ICT4theElderly ambassadors as it focused on one real-life scenario reported as needed [...]
Boosting Social Inclusion and Minimising the Digital Age Gap – news from our Maltese partner
While the digital divide is certainly not a new phenomenon among the elderly population, the COVID-19 pandemic made it clear that immediate action needs to be taken to address it. It is clear that presently, there is the need to ensure that digital solutions are more accessible to older populations. [...]
If we succeed in helping them overcome their fear of technology, and in motivating them to start improving their skills, we would have done a lot.
As expected last month, and despite the sanitary situation still imposing restrictions, the training in Slovenia has started! In this interview, Sasa Gercar from Simbioza, talks about the challenges of training elderly people in the midst of a pandemic. When did you join Simbioza and what are your first impressions of [...]
ICT 4 the Elderly training is about to begin in Slovenia
After a year of uncertainty due to the current epidemic situation, our partner in Slovenia "Simbioza" was postponing workshops month after month. But finally Simbioza’s team came up with a plan to carry out the project before the end of the summer. A concrete scenario for localized workshops was prepared [...]
MyDigiSkills – a new self-reflection tool to assess your digital competence
Our project partner ALL DIGITAL has just launched a new tool MyDigiSkills to help users understand their digital competences. It is based on the work done in the DigCompSAT project, as delivered by ALL DIGITAL for the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) in 2020. The tool was launched on [...]
Training Offer for Senior Citizens in Berlin from May 2021
Our German partner Stiftung Digital Chancen (Digital Opportunities Foundation) plans to start the training in Berlin in May 2021. The training sessions are aimed at interested senior citizens in Berlin and the surrounding area who are themselves active in supporting older people in the use of digital devices and applications. [...]
Join All Digital Week – Be a Digital Hero!
All Digital Week strives to give people tools and approaches to develop and enhance their digital skills. It is organised by European association ALL DIGITAL, in collaboration with various partners at local, national, and European level. Since 2010, the campaign has involved over 1 300 000 people. For many of [...]
Simbioza and “ICT for the Elderly” in the Covid-19 year
In 2020, our Slovenian partner Simbioza led the development of the digital curriculum, freely accessible to all through the Wikibooks platform, which operates as an online academy developed by Swiss partner Ynternet.org Foundation. As part of our project, seniors with advanced digital skills were meant to participate in the pilot [...]
The Digital Christmas Quiz for Senior Citizens
Normally, the run-up to Christmas consists of delicious smells, lights, decorations and get-togethers with family and friends. But in December 2020, the latter in particular was difficult. Especially elderly people could not meet their family members and friends because of Covid-19. Therefore, the team of the project “Digital mobil im [...]
4 (other) European projects that boost digital skills of older adults
Besides our ICT for the Elderly project, there are a few initiatives supported by the Erasmus+ Programme that address digital skills of older adults. We can learn from their findings, use the best approaches and the tools that have been already developed, thus combining our strengths and expertise to achieve [...]
Only 13% of Europeans between 55 and 74 have above basic digital skills
Information and communication technology (ICT) allow members of the growing elderly population to remain independent for longer. However, while technology becomes more accessible due to lower prices and better awareness, an age-related under-utilization of technology remains. New technologies have also thrived over the past decade, such as artificial intelligence, Internet [...]