Incidencia del analfabetismo digital en la vida de los adultos mayores que se capacitan en el Centro Tecnológico Popular.

Abstract

Learning Information and Communication Technologies in the lives of older adults allows them not to be left out of the knowledge society, and thus be able to incorporate them into their daily or work environment. The research seeks to diagnose, if there are learning needs in older adults who are trained at the Popular Technology Center, as well as to discover if academic instructors use andragogic strategies to achieve understanding in the use of ICT. Therefore, a descriptive type of research was carried out, the main characteristic being the sample survey, to evaluate the learning process of the elderly and the application of knowledge in activities of their daily life, this survey was carried out on students. On the other hand, to the academic instructors, to know if they use methodologies and andragogic strategies that allow the optimization, appropriation and application of the taught learning. Due to qualitative results obtained from the surveys and which contrast with the results of classroom observations; it involved a set of data collection, analysis and data processes in the investigation to respond to a problem statement. As a result of this research, it is proposed to carry out Andragogic Training Workshops, for the academic instructors of the Popular Technological Center, with the aim of implementing a teaching methodology with an andragogical approach towards older adult learners.