THE IMPORTANCE OF COMPUTER SKILLS FOR ADULTS 50+ IN THE INFORMATION SOCIETY

In the project DASUN in Sofia, Bulgaria took part the State University of Library Studies and Information Technologies /SULSIT/, in partnership with the Association of University Libraries /AUL/. For all activities we became advice from Zentrum für Allgemeine Wissenschaftliche Weiterbildung (ZAWiW) der Universität Ulm.

At the beginning we made a brainstorming and decided what to choose for the education of adults 50+ in our university. We made several assumptions about their needs and interests. That helped us to design a questionnaire.  The sociological survey was conducted, based on 140 respondents. Included were adults from 50 till 90 years, with different professions and level of education… read more