DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP DEVELOPMENT OF THE ELDERLY VIA LEARNING COMMUNITIES INNOVATION FOR HEALTHY FOOD WISDOM

Abstract

The objectives of this research were as follows 1) to study the level of digital citizenship behavior among the elderly through the innovation of learning communities, focusing on healthy food wisdom and 2) to study the level of progress in digital citizenship skills among the elderly before and after participating in the innovation of learning communities. The research sample consisted of 368 elderly individuals from across the country who were selected using stratified sampling. The research tools used included the learning community platform, the authentic assessment, and a digital citizenship progress skills assessment. The statistical methods employed in the research included percentages, means, standard deviations, t-tests, and content analysis. The research findings are as follows: 1) The results of the study on the level of digital citizenship behavior among the elderly through the innovation of learning communities focused on healthy food wisdom, as measured by actual condition assessments, include three significant indicators. These indicators consist of digital technology knowledge, online self-respect, respect for others in the online community, and online self-protection, as measured in four separate assessments. These behavior improvements were statistically significant at the .05 level and were assessed four times. 2) The assessment results on the level of digital citizenship progress among the elderly before and after participating in the innovation of learning communities focused on healthy food wisdom showed a statistically significant overall progress after participating in the activities compared to before, at a significance level of .05.