{"id":7642,"date":"2021-02-06T12:58:06","date_gmt":"2021-02-06T17:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ssirep\/?p=7642"},"modified":"2023-02-03T18:34:47","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T23:34:47","slug":"uri-engaging-generations-cyber-seniors-digiage-pilot-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ssirep\/uri-engaging-generations-cyber-seniors-digiage-pilot-project\/","title":{"rendered":"URI Engaging Generations Cyber-Seniors digiAge Pilot Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a style=\"font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;font-family: Charter, Georgia, serif;font-size: 20px;color: #003287\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/human-development\/outreach-and-research\/cyber-seniors\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8937 size-full\" style=\"font-size: 20px\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ssirep\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1611\/URI-Engaging-Generations-UPDATE-e1675467170698.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\"><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Dr. Skye Leedahl<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The URI Engaging Generations Cyber-Seniors Program, run by Professor of Human Development &amp; Family Science Dr. Skye Leedahl, helps older adults learn digital skills through intergenerational interactions with URI student mentors.&nbsp; The program builds critical communication, critical thinking, and teaching skills for the students in the process of helping Rhode Island older adults become tech-savvy. Since 2016, the Cyber-Seniors program has served 1,100 older adults, with 250 URI students providing over 3,000 hours of assistance.<\/p>\n<p>The COVID-19 pandemic has sharply increased the need for older adults to gain digital skills to help address social isolation, so the program is expanding capacity with a pilot project where up to 200 Rhode Island older adults will receive an iPad, a hotspot if they lack internet, and mentoring on how to use their devices. The <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1b-Vyi0c816OseywoMxsUJ4FC1eXKsZT5\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">final report for the pilot project<\/a> is now available. An Appendix with all materials created is available upon request to Dr. Leedahl, <a href=\"mailto:skyeleedahl@uri.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">skyeleedahl@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Program is now expanding state-wide. Please see the program\u2019s website for further information: <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/human-development\/outreach-and-research\/cyber-seniors\/\">https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/human-development\/outreach-and-research\/cyber-seniors\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Skye Leedahl The URI Engaging Generations Cyber-Seniors Program, run by Professor of Human Development &amp; Family Science Dr. Skye Leedahl, helps older adults learn digital skills through intergenerational interactions with URI student mentors.&nbsp; The program builds critical communication, critical thinking, and teaching skills for the students in the process of helping Rhode Island older [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3974,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research-featured"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ssirep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ssirep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ssirep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ssirep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3974"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ssirep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7642"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ssirep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8942,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ssirep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7642\/revisions\/8942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ssirep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ssirep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/ssirep\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}