Empowering older adults’ informal, self-directed learning: harnessing the potential of online personal learning networks

Information and communication technologies have had an enormous impact on how we live, work, communicate, re-create, and connect with others. However, there is a paucity of research regarding older adult learners’ adoption and adaptation of Internet-based tools, techniques, and resources to support their informal, self-directed lifelong learning goals. This research contributes to our understanding of how and why older adults leverage the Internet and social media tools to create, develop, and maintain online personal learning networks (oPLNs) for the purposes of self-directed knowledge acquisition, personal development, and the facilitation of healthy aging.

• Publication year

  2019

• Venue

  Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning

• Publication date

  2019-08-22

• Fields of study

  Computer Science, Education, Psychology

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1186/s41039-019-0104-5
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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