An Experience of the Evergreen Elder University in Taiwan: Perspectives on The Mobile Users

• Authors: Bing-Yuh Lu , Jin-Shin Lai , Ming-Chia Lin

Abstracts

EN

Population aging has become an increasingly severe problem in recent years. Based on the diversity of the mobile functions, and the advanced mobile technology, the elders might use the modern mobile to get the conveniences of the elder’s living. In our study, 34 senior citizens in the UK, and 56 persons in Taiwan, students of the Evergreen Elder University, answered the questions. The compared results showed that the factor of personal or family dependence and technology dependence are dominant in the UK, but the factors of personal or family dependence and social dependence are dominant in Taiwan. Elders’ education will be a hot topic of education because of the increasing population of elders. The key variables, i.e. demographic, social, psychological, and technological ones, are satisfied to be the growth of elders’ education in many developed and developing countries. Based on the duties and resources of the religions and universities, a diversity of elders’ education can be expected.

Keywords

EN

elders’ education; mobile; technology acceptance

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: The New Educational Review
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 37
• Pages: 161-173

Dates

published

2014

Contributors

author

Bing-Yuh Lu

• Tungnan Universtity

author

Jin-Shin Lai

• National Taiwan University Hospital

author

Ming-Chia Lin

• Catholic St. Mary’s Junior College of Medicine

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/tner.14.37.3.13

Biblioteka Nauki

2031741