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It is a reality that the profile of the students of the Older Adult University Programmes (OAUP) has been changing in this last decade. Students who access the different types of studies aimed at people over 50 do it with an increasingly high level of training and, as a general rule, these students who are accessing now are younger than those who participated in this type of programmes at the beginning. Likewise, there is a growing number of students over 80 who began their participation in these programmes 15 or more years ago.

As a result of these generational changes, universities, as institutions of higher education, must adapt to these changes and be flexible enough to combine, in the same space, this diversity of profiles, in order to offer opportunities for learning and, therefore, for personal development, to all those interested and motivated to participate in this type of educational offer.

A look at different University Programs for Older Adults which are taught in different Spanish universities with the aim of publicizing the change occurred in seniors’ education.

Organized by: Amics de la Nau Gran Association

Participating:

• Concepción Bru Ronda (President of AEPUM)
• Carmen Delgado Viñas (Director of the Senior Program at the University of Cantabria)
• Mari Luz Neira Jiménez (Director of the University Program for Older Adults at the Carlos III University)
• Amparo Pérez Carbonell (Director of the University Extension Service of the UV)
• Ana Muñoz Gonzalo (Director of the Senior Program of the UPV)

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EHHLSA Workshop, May 17th

Jaume I University of Castellón

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E-learning platforms allow people to attend a course virtually (also known as 'on-line'), with no distance or time limitations. This is a major advantage, since it implies that more people can access new educational opportunities.

This type of education must be designed with great care, creating materials that will allow on-line submission, as well as activities where students can participate synchronously (that is, on-demand). Furthermore, this education method lacks the ways of communication we are used to (non-verbal communication, for instance), making it harder to provide those competencies that require the students' physical presence. The case of senior students additionally demands the use of adequate teaching methods that will take into account motivation, experience and abilities.

The University for Older Adults of the University Jaume I, organizes in Castellón, 17^th, 18^th and 19^th of May 2017, the V International Seminar for Older Adults and New Technologies.

Tthe new innovations, experiences, tools and researches relatives to the older adults and new technologies will be presented from an interdisciplinary approach: digital inclusion, society, quality of life, education, integration, technology, legislation, health and security.

To register and to obtain more information about the seminars contact with:

Organizing Committee: Prof. Roger Esteller Curto

International Seminar for Older Adults and New Technologies

University Jaume I

And on the website: http://mayores-nt.uji.es

VIII AEPUM WORKING SEMINAR

Salamanca University, 29th and 30th September 2016

The Universitat de les Illes Balears (University of the Balearic Islands) develops the next 29^th of April the conference “USE OF ICTs IN UNIVERSITY PROGRAMMES FOR OLDER ADULTS”. In the framework of the National Study about the Use of ICTs in the University Programmes for Older Adults carried out in the framework of the State Association of University Programmes for Older Adults (AEPUM). The Universitat de les Illes Balears, as a member university that has participated in this mentioned study organizes this Conference in which in addition to present the study and the more conclusive data in the national scope, it will be influenced in the existent reality in the ambit of ICTs in the Universitat Oberta per a Majors (Open University to Older Adults), programme of specific learning to older adults that the UIB carries out.