Strategies for enhancing success in digital tablet use by older adults: A pilot study

Gerontechnology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 162-170

  Fletcher Watson, Ben ^a   Crompton, Catherine J ^a   Hutchison, Mary ^a   Lu, Hongjin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital education; Metaliteracy; Mobile technology; Tablet computers

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001036855     PISSN: 15691101     EISSN: 1569111X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4017/gt.2016.15.3.005.00     Document Type: Article

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