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Kiosk training strategies based on IT educational App for older adults

  • Journal of The Korea Society of Computer and Information
  • Abbr : JKSCI
  • 2021, 26(4), pp.239-245
  • DOI : 10.9708/jksci.2021.26.04.239
  • Publisher : The Korean Society Of Computer And Information
  • Research Area : Engineering > Computer Science
  • Received : January 25, 2021
  • Accepted : April 20, 2021
  • Published : April 30, 2021

Sunghyun Jee 1

1배화여자대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

Due to the fourth industrial revolution and the Corona19, the availability of digital devices such as kiosks is a matter directly related to survival for older adults with digital divide. This paper analyzes the problems of existing information service education for older adults and proposes an IT education strategy tailored to aging and life cycle of older adults. The proposed in this study is an educational application-based IT training method that supports repetitive learning regardless of time and place, developing kiosk function as a functional game-type educational application and experimenting with post-training effectiveness. The research method proposed UI usability evaluation frame for older adults, and developed educational applications based on proposed evaluation frame, and conducted kiosk education. As a result of the experiment, the mission success rate after using the IT application was 80.6%, which is a 55.1%P improvement compared to the pre-use(25.5%). This study confirmed that the proposed education for older adults is a way to overcome the limitations of existing IT education in the current situation.

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