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Nonni su Internet - Grandparents on the Internet

Italy · Roma · National · See the Italy profile

The objective of the project is to enable the over-sixty population become digitally literate, from turning on the computer to composing emails to carrying out web searches. The courses take place in computer rooms of schools. The participants are local citizens over 60: they ca

37000 people
Senior participants who completed the course
~65%
Share of participants who are women
21800 people
Student tutors involved
2165 people
Coordinating teachers involved
15
Course editions delivered

Details

Maturity
Established
Promoter
Fondazione Mondo Digitale — website
Type
Service
Status
Ongoing
Target groups
Elderly people
People reached
37000
People targeted
37000
Period
2012-11-01
Region (NUTS)
ITI4
Keywords
Elderly, Digital Skills, Intergenerational

Context

Nonni su Internet ('Grandparents on the Internet'), run by Fondazione Mondo Digitale since 2012, is an intergenerational digital-literacy programme in which school pupils, coordinated by an ICT-experienced teacher, tutor over-60s through a free 30-hour course (basic computer use, email, internet browsing) held in school computer rooms.

Results

Across fifteen editions, the programme has graduated 37,000 senior internet users (about 65% women), delivered by 21,800 tutor students and 2,165 coordinating teachers, and has been adopted in 20 Italian regions and 11 countries.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Low (< €50k)
Time to results
Long (> 3 years)
Staffing & skills
ICT-experienced coordinating teacher per school, Student tutors (roughly 1 tutor per 2 elderly learners), Trained volunteers specialised in digital activities for the elderly

Conditions for success

  • Intergenerational tutor model (school pupils teaching grandparents)
  • Free, structured 15-session/30-hour curriculum embedded in schools' official training offer
  • Annual spring digital-literacy week to re-engage the community

Commonly funded by

National / regional programmes

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