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The Importance of the University of the Third Age to Improved Mental Health and Healthy Aging of Community-Dwelling Older Adults
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Radka Bužgová; Radka Kozáková; Katka Bobcíková; Hana Matejovská Kubešová – Educational Gerontology, 2024
The aim of this uncontrolled interventional study was to determine the effect of a yearly educational course within the University of the Third Age on quality of life, life satisfaction, sense of coherence, self-esteem, anxiety, depression, attitudes toward old age, and older people's perception of social support. The population included 121…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Residential Institutions, Adult Education, Aging Education
Examination of Behavioral Intention toward E-Learning: A Case of University of the Third Age Students
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IBIlI, Emin; Ilhanli, Nevruz; ZayIm, Nese; Yardimci, Ahmet – Educational Gerontology, 2023
This study was aimed at determining the factors that affect the intentions of University of the Third Age (UTA) students toward e-learning systems by using Structural Equation Modeling. For this purpose, factors such as Self-Efficacy, Experience, Social Norms, Enjoyment, and Anxiety, suggested as external factors in the General Extended Technology…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Intention, Influences
Adoption of Mobile Social Media for Learning among Chinese Older Adults in Senior Citizen Colleges
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Zhao, Shu; Kinshuk; Yao, Ying; Ya, Nan – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2021
Mobile social media are increasingly being used in education. They provide an effective way to address the imbalance between teaching supply and demand for older adults. However, few studies have investigated which factors contribute to older adults' intention to use mobile social media for learning. This study uses a sequential explanatory mixed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Media, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
Motivation Matters: Older Adults and Information Communication Technologies
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Tyler, Mark; De George-Walker, Linda; Simic, Veronika – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2020
Older adults' engagement with information communication technology (ICT) can enhance their wellbeing and quality of life. However, older adults continue to lag behind their younger cohorts' ICT use, and many remain unconnected. While policy and strategy has tended to focus on the need to equip older adults with technology skills and improve their…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Well Being, Information Technology, Quality of Life
Leaps of Faith: Stories from Working-Class Scholars. Adult Higher Education Alliance Annual Conference Proceedings (43rd, Orlando, Florida, March 7-8, 2019)
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Elufiede, Kemi, Ed.; Olson, Joann S., Ed.; Murray, Lauren, Ed. – Adult Higher Education Alliance, 2019
The 43rd annual conference of the Adult and Higher Education Alliance (AHEA) was held at the University of Central Florida in March 2019. Papers in these proceedings include the following: (1) How does Experimental Learning Increase Skills and Knowledge Acquisition and Retention in the Non-Traditional Adult Learner? (David Antico); (2) CHAT and…
Descriptors: Working Class, Scholarship, Adult Education, Higher Education
The Development of Computer Confidence in Seniors.
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Temple, Lori L.; Gavillet, Margaret – 1987
A computer confidence course designed to teach the fundamentals of computer literacy was offered to 19 members of the Las Vegas (Nevada) Senior Center (mean age = 63.9 years). Computer anxiety and computer literacy measures were taken before and after the 12-hour course. The course curriculum included sections on computer knowledge, computer…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Anxiety, Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education
Consideration of How Levels of Achievement and Anxiety toward Education Affect Older People's Participation in Adult Education Programs.
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Norton, Paul G. – 1970
Using a sample of 250 adults aged 65 or over (in Quincy, Massachusetts), this study investigated the relation of educational participation by older adults to socioeconomic achievement and to anxiety as regards education. Achievement was based on levels of occupation, income, and education. A series of 17 questions covered peer relationships,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Anxiety, Educational Background, Females