The project aimed to support the local educational environment in the participating countries and to promote the social integration of seniors in the digital society. This created wide learning opportunities allowing seniors to take advantage of the opportunities offered by the digital society. Project objectives: 1. To create a common geragogical methodology and collect best practices in the field of senior education. 2. To train adult education teachers and trainers in geragogical methodologies in order to develop a new methodology for Digital Age-Friendly Communities (DAFLC). 3. To promote the use of DigCompEdu in order to develop training courses for educators to provide them with digital skills recognized at European level. 4. To create an age-friendly Digital Learning Community (DAFLC) where teachers can create tasks and exercises for their senior students in the digital environment and share their experiences with online courses.
The project was created in response to social and educational needs aimed at supporting older people and promoting active digital citizenship. The number of older people is growing in Europe, which poses new challenges for society in terms of education and digital integration. There is an urgent need to support older people in acquiring digital skills that will allow them to function and fully participate in social life. At the same time, there is a lack of appropriate tools, methods and educational offers adapted to increasingly older "students". In the dynamically changing digital world, it is necessary to introduce innovative methods of teaching, especially older people. The problem is the stereotype, also functioning among seniors themselves, that at this age they will no longer learn to function in the ICT world. Especially since seniors often do not have access to appropriate training or support that could help them learn to use digital technologies. Therefore, it is very important for seniors to overcome their fears, not be ashamed to ask questions, stop being afraid of the threats associated with the Internet, to simply become familiar with digital technologies and function in a Digital Age-Friendly Learning COMMUNITY.