Educational program for use of ict aimed at the elderly people, as a strategy for their socio- community integration.

Abstract

This research was developed at the downtown Coro, with emphasis on the club Adultos Mayores en Plenitud, under the socio-critical paradigm and framed on the model of Participant Research - Action (IAP).Used as techniques for gathering information: participant observation, free and informal interview and written interviews, aimed at older adults from downtown Coro. Once the data was, analyzed, presented and discussed with the addressed community, it was decided by all together that the relevant need was to promote social and community integration of older adults using as a strategy the training in the use of ICT, for which two modules were developed: Gerontological Education and Computing, for a period of 12 months. Through the evaluation it became clear that the group 46 made the project their own, participating expressing their satisfaction and desire to continue the use of ICT, as they not only acquired learning but also a new way of relating to each other making use of the innovative technology along with the rest of the society.