The Influence of Reading and Memory Skills on Older Adults’ Information Search and Learning in Educational Hypermedia

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Boechler, P., Foth, D. & Watchorn, R. (2006). The Influence of Reading and Memory Skills on Older Adults’ Information Search and Learning in Educational Hypermedia. In T. Reeves & S. Yamashita (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (pp. 1855-1860). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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Conference Information

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (ELEARN) 2006
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
October 2006
ISBN 1-880094-60-6
  Thomas Reeves & Shirley Yamashita
AACE

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Authors

Patricia Boechler, Dennis Foth, Rebecca Watchorn, University of Alberta, Canada

Abstract

Increasingly, older adults are using computers more frequently and for a wider variety of purposes. For example, older adults have shown an increased interest in continuing education (Mannheimer, 1995) which is delivered via technology more often than in the past. Adult users are also accessing on-line health information more than previously (Karavidas, Lim & Katsikas, 2005) and rely more heavily on the internet as a communication tool using e-mail to correspond with family members and friends (Hilt & Lipschultz, 2004). Despite increased use, research suggests that older adults have difficulty with both computer use and certain aspects of text-based processing relative to younger adults. The following study identifies relationships between different reading and memory skills, and navigation and learning in older adult computer users.

Keywords

• Adults
• Educational Technology
• Computers
• Information Communication Technologies

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