Current Situation and Enhancement Strategies for Smartphone Learning of the Elderly from the Social Learning Perspective——Based on Survey Analysis and Case Studies on Changzhou in Jiangsu Province
Enhancing the smartphone usage skills of elderly people is crucial for bridging the digital divide and actively adapting to aging within the elderly population.Based on research and case studies of education and training projects for elderly smartphone learning in Changzhou,the following findings are proposed:learning needs of elderly people for smartphone usage are diverse while the social environment needs optimization;there is room for improvement in learning participation rates and satisfaction levels;self-efficacy needs to be activated;there are differences in the learning effects despite a preference for digital feeding from offspring;and peer-to-peer learning still needs to be promoted.Drawing on social learning theory,this paper proposes to optimize the creation and integration of tripartite factors and promote positive influence of interaction.It also proposes strategies such as focusing on process guiding in observing and learning,enhancing the effectiveness of role model demonstration,strengthening the diverse enhancement of self-efficacy,activating learning potential power to improve the effectiveness of elderly smartphone learning.
the elderlysmartphoneintelligent technology educationsocial learning theory