Leveraging social media to facilitate intergenerational learning: Bridging digital immigrants with digital natives

Zhao, Yuxiang; Shi, Yutian; Zhu, Quinghua

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Title

Leveraging social media to facilitate intergenerational learning: Bridging digital immigrants with digital natives

Author(s)

• Zhao, Yuxiang
• Shi, Yutian
• Zhu, Quinghua

Issue Date

2017

Keyword(s)

• Social media
• Intergenerational learning (IGL)
• Digital immigrants
• Digital natives
• Action research

Abstract

Intergeneration learning (IGL), which is viewed as one form of lifelong learning involving the transfer of knowledge and skills across generations, can be conducive for us to deal with ageing population. Our objective is to examine how social media can promote IGL process, reinforcing the relationship bonds and cooperation between digital immigrants and digital natives, and to enhance the digital skills and media literacy of older generation. Compared with the traditional IGL concepts, we argue that the new paradigm of IGL should focus on ICT-enabled communication and collaboration. According to the characteristics of IGL and our objectives, we plan to employ the action research to find out what kind of knowledge and skills will be exchanged, and what dynamics will have effects on the participation, communication, and collaboration between generations. The workshops, online platforms and immersive situational learning are the three practical activities in our further research design.

Publisher

iSchools

Series/Report Name or Number

iConference 2017 Proceedings

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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Copyright 2017 Yuxiang Zhao, Yutian Shi, and Quinghua Zhu

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