A Proposed Dgital Literacy Program for Older Persons as One of the Requirements for Family Development in the Light of Some Global experiences

Abstract

The aim of this study was to propose a digital literacy program for elderly people as one of family development requirement. For this, the analytic descriptive method was used to describe and analyze the concept of digital literacy among elderly people. Additionally, the most prominent successful international efforts in the field of digital literacy for elderly people in U.S.A, Canada, Europe, Ireland, Australia, Finland and the United Kingdom were recognized. The proposed digital literacy program was introduced in nine dimensions, including: (program philosophy / plan / goals / content / some considerations the trainer should take into consideration while using the program / instruction strategies and approaches / educational tools and accompanying activities / evaluation).