Literature Reviews

Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.

• Remote IT Education for Senior Citizens

  Hironobu Takagi, Akihiro Kosugi, Tatsuya Ishihara, Kentarou Fukuda (2014) — Proceedings of the 11th Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This paper addresses the challenge of teaching IT skills to senior citizens in Japan, where the elderly population ratio has reached 25% nationally and up to 40% in some regions. The authors identified that peer teaching — skilled seniors teaching un…

  • aging
  • digital literacy
  • digital divide
  • education
  • remote learning
  • senior citizens
  • tablet devices
  • gesture interaction
  • e-learning