Skilling seniors in computers: Community training responses to the digital divide

Working with Older People

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 38-42

  Redsell, Margaret ^a   Nycyk, Michael ^b  

^a Skylarkers 60 and Better Program   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN COMPUTER SOCIETY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computers; Digital divide; Mentoring; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751499302     PISSN: 13663666     EISSN: 20428790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5042/wwop.2010.0266     Document Type: Review

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