TAO
The project is divided into two strands, one aiming at the development of non-technical solutions, and the other pursuing technical solutions.
Non-technical solutions aimed for by the project can be roughly divided into “methods for mobilisation”, “methods for inclusion & motivation”, and the “creation of new types of online content and activities”. The methods developed to encourage elderly people to participate actively in online communities will result in a draft inventory of methods and in corresponding guidelines. Both, the inventory and the guidelines are intended to serve as a basis for consulting activities in the field of online communities. In order to develop and to implement new methods and activities as well as to develop the guidelines, the project heavily relies on the “action research” methodology, which allows to bring about, to observe and to evaluate social change through active interaction between researchers, elderly people, and other stakeholders in the field.
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