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Direct linkSelwyn, Neil; Gorard, Stephen – Adults Learning, 2008
In last month's "Adult Learning," the authors introduced the notion of "the silver surfer", a third-age learner adept at using the internet and other technologies for a mixture of formal and informal learning episodes. They suggested that neither this image nor its obverse, the truly disconnected older adult, is helpful in understanding the ICT…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Computer Uses in Education, Adult Learning, Older Adults
Selwyn, Neil; Gorard, Stephen; Furlong, John – Studies in the Education of Adults, 2006
This paper explores the varied use of information technologies (ITs) such as the computer and Internet for self-education, highlighting how these technologies can facilitate and suppress such learning opportunities throughout the adult population. Based on data drawn from a large-scale study of adults in the West of England and South Wales, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Internet, Educational Technology, Social Stratification
Peer reviewedSelwyn, Neil – Teachers College Record, 2000
Investigated British teachers' use of an online discussion group over 2 years. Results indicate that, although the online forum was widely used as both an information and empathetic exchange resource, many claims of establishing collectively- focused virtual communities of teachers remain exaggerated, as the forum was limited by various caveats…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education, Discussion Groups, Elementary Secondary Education
Selwyn, Neil – Learning, Media & Technology, 2006
Educational commentators have long feared a "digital disconnection" between emerging generations of technology-rich students accustomed to high levels of Internet use and their technology-poor schools. Yet few studies have empirically examined the existence and potential implications of such a disconnect from the students' perspective.…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Internet, Information Technology, Alienation
Peer reviewedSelwyn, Neil; Williams, Sara; Gorard, Stephen – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2001
Concentrates on longer-established efforts made in Wales to use the Internet as a gateway for opportunities for adult learners. Focusing on a Web-based Welsh language program over a 12-month period, this paper empirically examines the role of the Internet in providing effective access procedures to adult learning and examines who such methods are…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Computer Assisted Instruction
Selwyn, Neil; Gorard, Stephen – Adults Learning, 2004
Over two and a half years, the authors conducted a detailed survey of 1101 adults in England and Wales, 100 follow-up interviews and year-long case studies of 25 families. The data have led them to construct a rich and often thought-provoking picture of how adults are using information and communications technologies (ICTs) in their day-to-day…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Foreign Countries, Information Technology
