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Direct linkGorard, Stephen; Selwyn, Neil – Adults Learning, 2008
In this article, the authors write about the myth of the "silver surfers"--those third-age learners adept at using the internet and other technologies for a mixture of formal and informal learning episodes. The notion of the silver surfer has endured since the latter half of the 1990s. It is sustained by the annual Silver Surfer week, media…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Older Adults, Internet, Computer Literacy
Selwyn, Neil; Gorard, Stephen – Adults Learning, 2008
In last month's "Adult Learning," the authors introduced the notion of "the silver surfer", a third-age learner adept at using the internet and other technologies for a mixture of formal and informal learning episodes. They suggested that neither this image nor its obverse, the truly disconnected older adult, is helpful in understanding the ICT…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Computer Uses in Education, Adult Learning, Older Adults
Peer reviewedSelwyn, Neil; Gorard, Stephen; Furlong, John – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2006
This paper explores the varied use of information technologies (ITs) such as the computer and Internet for self-education, highlighting how these technologies can facilitate and suppress such learning opportunities throughout the adult population. Based on data drawn from a large-scale study of adults in the West of England and South Wales, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Internet, Educational Technology, Social Stratification
Selwyn, Neil; Gorard, Stephen – Adults Learning, 2004
Over two and a half years, the authors conducted a detailed survey of 1101 adults in England and Wales, 100 follow-up interviews and year-long case studies of 25 families. The data have led them to construct a rich and often thought-provoking picture of how adults are using information and communications technologies (ICTs) in their day-to-day…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Foreign Countries, Information Technology
Selwyn, Neil; Gorard, Stephen; Furlong, John – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2004
Within the hyperbole surrounding information and communications technologies (ICTs) and lifelong learning, our understanding of what learning activities ICTs are actually being used for throughout the adult population remains under-developed. Based on a household survey of 1001 adults in the west of England and South Wales, this article considers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Background, Informal Education, Lifelong Learning
Download full textGorard, Stephen; Fevre, Ralph; Rees, Gareth; Furlong, John; Renold, Emma – 1998
This study is part of a regional study in industrial South Wales on the determinants of participation and non-participation in post-compulsory education and training, with special reference to processes of change in the patterns of these determinants over time and to variations between geographical areas. The study combines contextual analysis of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Adult Learning, Continuing Education
