Addressing the “Forgotten” Elderly: Online Learning Communities for Limited-Mobility Seniors

1. Addressing the “Forgotten” Elderly:Online Learning Communities forLimited-Mobility Seniors Presentation for 10th Annual Sloan-C International Conference on Asynchronous Learning Networks: “From Innovation to Mainstream” November 12 -14, 2004 Margaret F. Gordon, PhD, Dean Joanne Zitelli PhD, Associate Dean College of Extended & International Education California State University, Dominguez Hills

2. Focus of the Presentation • Issue of Isolated Elderly • Demographic Overview of Ageing Population • Lifelong Learning for Seniors • Use of Technology to Support Lifelong Learning & Interactive Learning Communities • Ollionline Program

3. Who We Are – CSUDH Snapshot • Urban Campus in South Bay Region of Los Angeles • 14,000 Students • 35.5% Hispanic; 30.9% African American, 22.7% White; 10.3% Asian; & 0.6% American Indian • Average Age Undergraduate - 29 years

4. Distance Learning at CSUDH • Eight Degree Programs; Four Certificates & Hundreds of Courses • 4,000 students enrolled • Use of Variety of Modalities • Telephone conferencing • Video Conferencing • Television • Web casting - Online Broadcasting • Online Course Management Systems • Pre-produced Video Programming

5. Ageing of The World’s Population • Demographic Trends • Worldwide one of every 10 persons now 60 years or older; by 2050 one of every five • U.S.A. in 202 16% of population 60 years or older; by 2050, 27% • Examples of percentage change in population globally: Italy, Japan, Mexico, U.S.A. • Oldest old (80 years and over) fastest growing segment of older population • Demographic revolution: elderly to outnumber children • Impact of “Older World” on Society • Dependency ratios

6. Ageing Issue Addressed • Fifty Per Cent of Seniors Self Report a Disability • One in Four Spend Time in a Nursing Home • 200,000 – 300,000 Elderly in Our Area Need Home-bound Services

7. Lifelong Learning for Seniors • Role of Learning in Successful Ageing • History of Learning in Retirement • LIR Models • University of the Third Age (UTA)

8. Technology & Lifelong Learning for Seniors • Uses of Media • Access • Shanghai TV UTA

9. Omnilore Society - LIR • History • Sponsored by Extended Education for 12 years • Structure • Self governing • Autonomous • Concept of Learning Community

10. Ollionline -- from Communication to Learning Community • Technology – Synchronous to Asynchronous Learning Experiences • Learning Based on Television Series Broadcast Live • Topics Developed with Omnilore • Video Clip “Engineering Water Supply in the West” from OLLIonline TV series “Promise of the American West”

11. Quick Tour of OLLIonline Website and Activities • Opportunities for Interaction Step-by-Step

12. OLLIonline Home Page

13. OLLIonline Viewing Instructions

14. OLLIonline Weekly Participant Poll

15. OLLIonline “Tell Us Your Story” Blog

16. OLLIonline “Tell Us Your Story” Responses

17. OLLIonline Current TV Series

18. OLLIonline Web Page for Single Broadcast

19. OLLIonline Single Broadcast Ancillary Activities

20. OLLIonline Single Broadcast Threaded Discussion

21. OLLIonline Threaded Discussion Response

22. Ways to Contact OLLIonline Staff

23. OLLIonline Previous TV Programs

24. Flexibility of OLLIonline Model for a Virtual LIR • Future of Ollionline