Enhancing Digital Literacy for Older Adults Through Communities of Practice: A Case Study of an Older Adult School in China

Digital literacy education is widely recognized as a crucial means of bridging the digital divide among older adults. Applying communities of practice (CoP) to digital literacy education, as implemented by an older adult school in China, has proven to be an effective model. Three teachers and thirteen older learners were observed and interviewed to uncover the characteristics and impacts of this model. The findings reveal that CoP-based digital literacy education fosters positive outcomes in skills, actions, and cognition by cultivating multidimensional interaction, enabling legitimate peripheral participation, and facilitating role transitions.