IT-Training
From ELOST-Info
As one of the known barriers against eGovernment usage is a lack of skills, training these users in how to use a PC (or other relevant equipment) is an approved answer to the Digital Divide that is used in very different ways throughout Europe and beyond.
--Deabreu 14:55, 25 April 2007 (CEST)
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The Situation in Europe
Austria
Seniorkom offers a variety of internet courses for seniors free of charge which are taught by school pupils. Courses offered include "First Internet Steps", "Searching and Finding on the Internet", "Travel and Leisure Time on the Internet", "Easy Communication: Email, Skype & Co", and "Games and Fun on the Internet". The courses take place at various locations (schools, Telekom offices) in different districts throughout the city of Vienna.
--NikiR 17:33, 26 November 2007 (CET)
Bulgaria
Finland
Besides municipalities, Adult Education Centres all around Finland are important computer and internet training organizers. The centres are called either citizens’ institutes or workers’ institutes. All citizens can participate in leisure activities and courses provided there. These education centres are found in almost every municipality (over 240 in Finland) and approximately 800,000 people participate yearly in their courses.
Adult Education Centres provide a significant amount of computer and internet courses which are easy to attain because of the low prizes. Helsinki workers’ institute, for example, organizes 30 courses related to computer and internet usage and Tampere workers’ institute offers 19 in the spring 2007. The level of the courses varies from IT basics for senior citizens or immigrants to programming as well as gen up on Linux operating system. Helsinki workers’ institute also offers self-access points in different locations in Helsinki where computers can be used.
Internet training is provided in so-called Net Squares and in busses called Netti-Nysse.
--Haglund 12:25, 4 May 2007 (CEST)
Solutions for the Elderly
There are ICT-learning campaigns targeting especially the elderly people in Finland. The aim is to avoid the e-exclusion of the elderly and to enable them to make advantage of the various online services.
One example is found in the city of Jyväskylä where the University of the Third Age had a project called Geronet which co-operated with the Ministry of Education. The main aim of the project was to ensure possibilities for senior citizens to aquire and advance computer and internet skills. In unison it was a research and development project where suitable IT-training models for the elderly were investigated and tested. The idea was to educate tutors which could help their peers when needed.
Activity and tuition for the elderly is offered also by several associations all around Finland, for example @Enter ry in Helsinki and Mukanetti ry in Tampere. Associations offer both possibilities to use computers as well as courses and tuition. In Tampere a day centre for the elderly called Mummon kammari offers a free public access point to the Internet. Peer group help is often the method used by the associations.
--Haglund 12:34, 4 May 2007 (CEST)
France
Germany
Further Information
Relevant Publications
Relevant Links
- The Finnish Association of Adult Education Centres, on http://www.ktol.fi/web/dokumentti.1.1.72.html
- Helsinki workers’ institute, on http://www.hel.fi/wps/portal/Tyovaenopisto
- Tampere workers’ institute, on http://www.tampere.fi/top/
- The University of the Third Age in Jyväskylä on http://www.cec.jyu.fi/U3A/english.htm
- Geronet on http://www.cec.jyu.fi/kesayo/geronet/
- Mukanetti ry on http://www.mukanetti.net/eng.html
- @Enter ry on http://www.entersenior.fi/
- Mummon Kamari on http://www.aamulehti.fi/mummonkammari/lehdet/uusi/]
