Older adults manifest more than twice as many user difficulties as younger users in ICT contexts¶
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q2 i? Older adults experience specific challenges in the context of ICT use, where they manifest more than twice as many user difficulties as younger users. → Margarida Romero 2012
Evidence¶
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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The review reports, citing Nielsen (2002), that older adults "manifest more than twice as many user difficulties as younger users" in the context of ICT use. The review also notes they feel less confident about their own computer knowledge, citing Marquié, Jourdan-Boddaert and Huet (2002).
"but experience specific challenges in the context of the use of ICT, where they manifest more than twice as many user difficulties as younger users (Niels en, 2002)"
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- A preliminary iPad case study confirmed the creative potential of the elderly and tablets' potential to overcome ICT adoption challenges — related
- Older adults produced more non-specific responses than younger adults only in the memory experiment, not in problem solving — related
- Older adults produce fewer specific responses than younger adults in the generation task across both experiments — related
- The OSP approach helps users overcome barriers in creating, using and scaling up meaningful ICT use in education — related
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Older adults manifest more than twice as many user difficulties as younger users in ICT contexts |
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Older adults manifest more than twice as many user difficulties as younger users in ICT contexts |
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2012 |
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2017 |
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by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-17 |
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