Designing Mobile First Courses for Senior Citizens in Grenada

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2019-09Abstract
As health standards improve and life expectancy
continues to grow
, some senior citizens
may foc
us on online courses as a
means of personal fulfillment and an opportunity to engage with their peers.
However,
online courses that may be
considered releva
nt to the Grenadian context were not designed
with senior citizens as the target participant
s.
A
s
such, t
he
i
ntent of th
is
proposed study is to find out if mobile first online courses are viable options for senior citizens in Grenada, to
enable upsk
illing and possib
ly prolong contributions to the work force after age 60, to decrease the dependenc
y ratio.
Further
more, it has been noted that some senior citizens require more guidance when accessing cluttered content from
desktop computers, however, t
hese same users c
an competently and independently navigate similar content via their mobile
phones.
Thus, the study w
ill consider the technological and general challenges (e.g. decreasing vision and dexterity) faced
by the elderly, and the importance of de
signing inclusive
online courses to suit the needs and interests of
senior citizens
in
Grenada.
A
pilot group will
be invited to trial the questionnaire that will inform the study. Thereafter, the research will involve
interviews and the completion of the e
dited question
nai
re by
approximately 85
members of the Grenada Association of
Retired Persons (G
ARP), to find out
their interests, technological competence, preferences and needs associated with
mobile first intuitive online courses, which use a Personalized Teaching an
d L
earning (PeTAL) a
pproach for
senior citizens. // Paper ID 113
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