Enhancing an online digital storytelling course for older adults through the implementation of andragogical principles

Robyn Schell, Diogo Da Silva, David Kaufman

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Abstract

In earlier research on face-to-face digital storytelling courses for older adults 65 years of age and over, findings showed that this activity provided an opportunity to forge social connections with others through story as well increase the technical proficiency of participants. A digital story is a type of movie that embeds multimedia such as narration, photographs, music and text. In these courses, participants created legacy digital stories that reflected significant events, people and places in their lives. To reach a wider audience, our original face-to-face course was transformed to a fully online course. In this paper, we describe the andragogical approach used for designing this course for older adults and the perceptions of their learning experience within the context of these principles. Our findings show that participants prefer the facilitator take a greater role in discussion forums and providing technical assistance.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCSEDU 2019 - Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Computer Supported Education
EditorsH. Lane, Susan Zvacek, James Uhomoibhi
PublisherSciTePress
Pages313-320
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9789897583674
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019
Externally publishedYes
Event11th International Conference on Computer Supported Education, CSEDU 2019 - Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Duration: 2 May 20194 May 2019

Publication series

NameCSEDU 2019 - Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Computer Supported Education
Volume1

Conference

Conference11th International Conference on Computer Supported Education, CSEDU 2019
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityHeraklion, Crete
Period2/05/194/05/19

Keywords

  • Andragogy
  • Digital Storytelling
  • Older Adults
  • Online Course Design

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