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Envisioning the Future Role of Technology for Older Adults

The number of older adults in the United States is increasing at a rapid rate. By 2030, it is projected that 1 in every 5 residents in the U.S. will be in retirement age. As America’s older population continues to grow, more individuals are experiencing cognitive decline. At the same time, we live in an age where technology has increasingly become an integral part of our daily lives. Research, however, has shown an association between cognitive functioning and technology usage in adults 50 years and older. This webinar demonstrates how the role of technology in the lives of older adults is conducive to enhancing autonomy, improving communicative interactions and/or social networking, as well as alleviating loneliness, and providing life-long learning opportunities. The following topics will be discussed:

  • The effects of social isolation
  • Embracing technology to alleviate loneliness
  • How technology has become an integral part of our daily lives
  • Challenges and/or barriers to learning technologies
  • Findings from our study
  • The benefits of technology
  • What is the future role of technology for older adults?

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  • 1:52 – Stats on Alzheimer’s
  • 3:19 – Technology usage of older adults
  • 6:00 – The effects of social isolation
  • 8:05 – Theoretical framework
  • 8:37 – Cognition….”use it or lose it”
  • 9:56 – Benefits/challenges/barriers of technology
  • 12:45 – Findings/Discussion of study
  • 15:03 – Communicare
  • 19:39 – Takeaways
  • 23:40 – Questions
Denise Calhoun

As a National Board-Certified Teacher, Denise Calhoun developed a language arts curriculum for older adults titled, Changing Seasons: A Language Arts Curriculum for Healthy Aging, published by Purdue University Press. She has a BA and teaching credential from UCLA, a master’s degree from California State University, Northridge and an EdD and PhD from Pepperdine University where her research has been focused on communicative interaction and cognition in older adults. To provide global awareness on this topic, she has presented at organizations such as the American Association of University Women (AAUW) and California Assisted Living Association (CALA). She has also written several articles on the subject. Her most recent articles are Computer usage and cognitive capability of older adults: Analysis of data from HRS, published in Educational Gerontology and Rethinking the education potential of older adults to delay the onset of dementia, published in The Journal of Adult and Continuing Education. Dr. Calhoun is the CEO of Communicare-Connections, a company dedicated to helping older adults maintain quality of life. She is currently in the process of launching a nonprofit organization, Communicare, with her partner Dr. Seung Lee. Communicare strives to provide opportunities for lifelong learning and meaningful social interaction across generations using innovative technologies.

Seung B. Lee, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Education at Pepperdine University in the Graduate School of Education and Psychology. His research focuses on collaborative learning, online interactions, socio-cognitive processes and creativity among K-12 students, particularly in the context of STEM education. He is currently involved in two studies funded by the National Science Foundation. Dr. Lee’s methodological expertise is in quantitative ethnography and epistemic network analysis (ENA), which apply statistical and visualization techniques to model the structure of connections in the data. He served as the Program Committee Co-chair for the 2020 International Conference on Quantitative Ethnography. His previous professional experiences include policy research and program management roles with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), International Organization for Migration (IOM), and nonprofit foundations in Korea and the U.S.

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Seung Lee

As a National Board-Certified Teacher, Denise Calhoun developed a language arts curriculum for older adults titled, Changing Seasons: A Language Arts Curriculum for Healthy Aging, published by Purdue University Press. She has a BA and teaching credential from UCLA, a master’s degree from California State University, Northridge and an EdD and PhD from Pepperdine University where her research has been focused on communicative interaction and cognition in older adults. To provide global awareness on this topic, she has presented at organizations such as the American Association of University Women (AAUW) and California Assisted Living Association (CALA). She has also written several articles on the subject. Her most recent articles are Computer usage and cognitive capability of older adults: Analysis of data from HRS, published in Educational Gerontology and Rethinking the education potential of older adults to delay the onset of dementia, published in The Journal of Adult and Continuing Education. Dr. Calhoun is the CEO of Communicare-Connections, a company dedicated to helping older adults maintain quality of life. She is currently in the process of launching a nonprofit organization, Communicare, with her partner Dr. Seung Lee. Communicare strives to provide opportunities for lifelong learning and meaningful social interaction across generations using innovative technologies.

Seung B. Lee, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Education at Pepperdine University in the Graduate School of Education and Psychology. His research focuses on collaborative learning, online interactions, socio-cognitive processes and creativity among K-12 students, particularly in the context of STEM education. He is currently involved in two studies funded by the National Science Foundation. Dr. Lee’s methodological expertise is in quantitative ethnography and epistemic network analysis (ENA), which apply statistical and visualization techniques to model the structure of connections in the data. He served as the Program Committee Co-chair for the 2020 International Conference on Quantitative Ethnography. His previous professional experiences include policy research and program management roles with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), International Organization for Migration (IOM), and nonprofit foundations in Korea and the U.S.

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