Developing age-friendly data literacy programmes with SOLAS
I’m at an education showcase with SOLAS, sharing how we train elderly people how to use AI on their phones. I’m running the free programme in community libraries throughout County Tipperary, Ireland.
This AI just with your phone training programme leverages instructional material produced with H5P.com. We use several H5P assets that enhance engagement and encourages participants to share afterwards as I explain in this audio note.
Frances ODonnell, an instructional designer from ATU.ie showed us how interactive content supports active learning.
Using interactive books
Feedback from students showed that interactive H5P resources (e.g., quizzes inside videos, drag-the-word, flash cards) helped people see what they had learned. The H5P tools we use provide immediate feedback and set the stage for little contests during training sessions.
The Interactive Books deliver narrated slide decks for each of the six main parts of our two hour sessions. The books also include text fly-outs, embedded quizzes, and flash cards) into one structured, navigable learning object.
Listen to “Sharing Age-Friendly AI Work E709” on Spreaker.
Trainees can follow logical sections sequentially, interact with activities, and review only the parts they need.
The rich media (videos and graphics) along with assessments helps engage different learning styles, which is particularly valuable considering the range of literacy observed during the training sessions with people, some who have never sent an e-mail with their phones.
Helpful Assets
[clonmeldigital.notion.site/Adult-Lit...](https://clonmeldigital.notion.site/Adult-Literacy-with-AI-2b6572c5ceb381449238e0efc73fc681) are Notion Session Notes
[b.socrative.com/student-v...](https://b.socrative.com/student-v2/enter-name) is the Socrative AI Skillscard
[drive.google.com/drive/u/0...](https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/mobile/folders/1TjQB6e7HWdhOJ1Bw9_M_ZkezmKRrRWz2?usp=drive_link&pli=1) is shared Google Drive full of assets