TAO/Silver Surfers' Social Networking Services

TAO: Silver Surfers' Social Networking Services - Thresholds & Drivers

Goal of the learning module

The goal of this learning module is to elaborate on the barriers preventing and the drivers enabling seniors' use of Social Networking Services (SNS).

Target group

Intermediaries

Organisations or individuals aiming to reach out to, interact with or activate seniors via SNS.

Teachers

Teachers who would like to understand the problems, barriers and drivers of SNS use by seniors, in order to develop a meaningful, appropriate and effective teaching practice.

Learning Units

• Older Adults and Online Communities: Motives, Incentives, and Barriers (Exploratory Study)
• Analysis of focus group conversations with members of SeniorWeb NL
• First Wave TAO Survey NL - DE - CH

Validation

This information will be validated by the feedback from the people who either use this information in their own practice or who can or cannot relate to the diverse outcomes and recommendations generated by the research activities.

Next steps

First steps

• We should present the output from the Learning Units in an attractive and short format
• We should invite teachers to review the Learning Units
• This will (hopefully) lead to feedback and reflection (= validation)

Members of the Working Group Developing the Module

Stijn Bannier, Jonathan Bennett