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This article aims to address a doctoral research carried out in the senior universities of the district of Castelo Branco in the academic year 2013/2014, whose main objective was to identify the sociocultural factors that influence and condition the option to learn ICT and to know the impacts of this learning on well-being (mental and social) throughout the aging process. Data were collected at 5...
This paper is within the scope the «state of the art» that is being carried out on a PhD research related to socio-cultural factors that influence the learning of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), particularly the computer and the Internet in populations with 50 or more years old and the impact on the well-being throughout the aging process. In this sense, it is important to promote...
The impetus for increased integration of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in education has experienced significant upsurge during the emergence and popularization of the concept of the Information and Knowledge Society. Given the new social, resulting realities of an aging population is stimulating debate and subsequent policy action to define public policies aimed at fast multi-dimensional...
This communication falls within the scope of a case study of a qualitative nature, carried out in a computer class at the Senior University Castelo Branco (USALBI) during the academic year 2010/2011, aiming to understand the role of Facebook in promoting active aging. In general, this study consisted of elderly non-participant observation of classroom computer, in semi-structured interviews for the...
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