Development of a senior-friendly training concept for imparting media literacy

Abstract

The use of digital solutions to support rural areas, and in particular elderly people, is the goal of the ‘Digitales Dorf’ and ‘BLADL’ research projects. This work assessed seniors’ media literacy in two model communities; with the result that fear of fraudster and lack of knowledge are the most common causes that prevent elderly people from using digital technologies. Based on these evaluation results, a combined training offer of tutorial and digital consultation hour was developed and evaluated.