Learning to use new technologies by older adults: Perceived difficulties, experimentation behaviour and usability.
This paper examines the factors and theoretical frameworks for the adoption of technology for older adults, and proposes two models of technology acceptance and rejection, one from an ease of learning perspective, and one from a system and user perspective. Both models are supported from reports on...
| Publicado en: | Computers in Human Behavior Vol. 29; no. 4; pp. 1715 - 1725 |
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| Formato: | Case Study |
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Elsevier B.V.
Jul2013
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