The document discusses the importance of digital skills for individuals aged 65-74 in Ireland, highlighting statistics on internet usage and digital literacy within this demographic. It emphasizes the necessity of digital competency for various aspects of daily life, such as maintaining social connections, health, and financial management. Additionally, it addresses the projected increase in the elderly population by 2031, raising the question of how to further develop digital skills among older individuals.

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2. “The light comes through
the gaps”
@mbrownz

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4. 11.1%

5. 2021

6. Ireland
Pre-COVID

7. Percentage of people aged 65-74 living in Ireland
who had used the Internet in the past 12 months

8. Percentage of people aged 65-74 living in the Ireland
who have basic or above basic digital skills

9. Percentage of people over living in
Ireland with access to smartphones/tablets

10. What’s at stake?
ABILITY TO LIVE, LEARN AND THRIVE
• Self-worth
• Staying healthy
• Going shopping
• Staying up-to-date
• Finding where to go
• Booking your travel
• Enjoying entertainment
• Wellbeing
• Saving time
• Saving money
• Paying your bills
• Manging your banking
• Meeting with family & friends
• Everyday living & learning

11. Does it impact someone you know?
• Fingers
• Hearables
• Switched off
• Paying bills
• Playing golf

13. 1. What digital skills do you need?
2. How do you develop your digital skills?
3. How has our thinking evolved?
4. What other lessons have we learnt?
5. What else needs to be done?
Questions…

14. 1. What digital skills do you need?
World Economic Forum
(2016)

15. “As the chapters that follow
attest, the most immediately
obvious facts about accounts
of digital literacy are that
there are many of them and
that there are significantly
different kinds of concepts
on offer”
(Lankshear & Knobel, 2008, p.2).

17. “… participating in society,”

18. What’s the problem?

19. 82 questions!

20. 2. How do you develop your digital skills?

24. 3. How has our thinking evolved?

29. 4. What other lessons have we learnt?

30. • Fun
• Social
• Meaningful
• Peer-to-peer
• Point of need

31. Demand Supply

33. Age demographics…
52%

35. • Digital Natives
• Digital Immigrants
• Digital Visitors
• Digital Residents
• Digital Dinosaurs
Non-liners
On-liners

36. 5. What else needs to be done?
By the year 2031, the number of people over the age of 65 in
Ireland will have been increased by more than 86% since 2016!

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39. Go raibh maith
agaibh!
Thank you