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of the International Expert-Conference on Human Rights of older Persons

12. & 13. November 2018, Ringturm, Vienna

 

Day 2: A lifelong learning process – Digitalization & Education

Human Rights, lifelong learning, digitalisation and education

Presentation

Speaker: Ken Bluestone

Key points

  • What the right to education and lifelong learning means in later life
  • Putting digitalisation and lifelong learning into context globally
  • Some normative lessons
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Speaking notes Ken Bluestone

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Technology, human interactions and dementia Feel the difference?

Presentation

Speaker: Linda Garcia

Dementia

  • Over 45 million people worldwide - A diagnosis every 3 seconds!
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Health

The Benefits of Learning in Later Life

Presentation

Speaker: Franz Kolland

Contents

  • Demographic changes
  • The rationale for lifelong learning
  • For a new learning culture in old age
  • Benefits of lifelong learning
  • Outlook
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Lifelong Learning

Lifelong education and digital training for the elderly in France

Presentation

Speaker: Alexis Rinckenbach

  • 2050: 22% of the population will be more than 60 years old (WHO)
  • Increase of the life expectancy -> more seniors than ever!
  • However, persistent ageism in France: seniors are seen as unable to adapt, as too expensive in the workplace...
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Lifelong Learning

Digitalization & Education: Right of Access to Information and Lifelong Education of Older Persons in Korea

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Speaker: Hong Jae Im

CURRENT STATUS OF ACCESS TO INFORMATION FOR OLDER PERSONS

  • The ownership rate of desktop (laptop) computers among older persons aged 50 years or older in Korea was 56.4%, 26.2%p lower than 82.6% for younger people.
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Older Persons and very advanced technologies

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Speaker: Dirk Jarré

On Human Dignity
  • Human dignity is inviolable. It must be respected and protected.
  • Human dignity means that an individual feels self - respect and self - worth. It is concerned with physical and psychological integrity and empowerment.
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Resources

Artificial Intolerance and Digital Dignity: Older Persons, Human Rights and New Technologies for Education

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Speaker: Craig Mokhiber

A growing population of older persons across the globe is experiencing both new opportunities, and new risks to their human rights. New technologies are impacting both sides of this equation. Digital education, communications technologies, and artificial intelligence can help secure empowerment, dignity and autonomy for millions. But if new technological developments are to advance, rather than undercut the human rights of older persons, appropriate legal, regulatory and policy frameworks will need to be put into place - and quickly. Here’s why.

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