Thesis
Digital division to social inclusion: strategies for ‘vulnerable’ users facing isolation by the digital divide
Southern Cross University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Southern Cross University
2019
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.25918/thesis.83
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Abstract
This thesis examines the benefits for older Australians living in public housing that may result from being digitally-enabled. A series of on-site interventions, run over a seven-month period, investigated strategies to assist older people to become digitally-enabled. Strategies included access to technology, training and support, combined with social interaction and computer games, and Cognitive Load Theory principles were applied to instructional design. Participants reported positive improvements to their lives including self-efficacy in technology and feelings of connectedness with family and community. This was still evident in two participants interviewed more than four years after completing the interventions.
Details
- Title
- Digital division to social inclusion: strategies for ‘vulnerable’ users facing isolation by the digital divide
- Creators
- Carolyn Seton
- Contributors
- Raina Anne Mason (Supervisor) - Southern Cross UniversityGraham Cooper (Supervisor) - Southern Cross UniversityBruce Armstrong (Supervisor) - Southern Cross UniversityDian Tjondronegoro (Supervisor) - Griffith University
- Awarding Institution
- Southern Cross University; Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
- Theses
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Southern Cross University
- Publisher
- Southern Cross University
- Number of pages
- xiv, 418 pages
- Identifiers
- 991012896700502368
- Copyright
- Copyright C Seton 2019
- Academic Unit
- Information Technology; Faculty of Science and Engineering; School of Business and Tourism; Faculty of Business, Law and Arts
- Resource Type
- Thesis