A preliminary iPad case study confirmed the creative potential of the elderly and tablets' potential to overcome ICT adoption challenges¶

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q1 i? A preliminary case study in the CoCreat project confirmed the creative potential of the elderly and the potential for tablets to overcome challenges elderly people experience in adopting ICT. → Margarida Romero 2012

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Margarida Romero 2012¶

Margarida Romero, Pirkko Hyvönen, Elena Barberà. (2012). Creativity in Collaborative Learning across the Life Span. Creative Education. https://doi.org/10.4236/ce.2012.34066

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A preliminary case study was developed in the first phase of the CoCreat project, aimed at analysing the impact of iPads as a supportive technology for creative collaboration among the elderly. The authors state "The case study confirmed the creative po- tential of the elderl y and equally the potential for tablets to overcome the challenges that elde rly people experience in the adoption of ICT".

"A preliminary case study has been developed in the first phase of the CoCreat project, aimed at analysing the impact of iPads as a supportive technolog y for creative collaboration among the elderly. The case study confirmed the creative po- tential of the elderl y and equally the potential for tablets to overcome the challenges that elde rly people experience in the adoption of ICT (Hyvönen, Romero, & Barbera, 2012)."

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