FORMATION OF DIGITAL COMPETENCIES IN PEOPLE OF “THE THIRD AGE”

Abstract

The article deals with a problem of the need to form digital competencies in people of “the third age”. Teaching older people the basics of computer literacy is a means of social adaptation of the older generation, a tool for overcoming the typical problems of old age (the need for communication, a variety of leisure activities, self-education, receiving public services in electronic form, paying bills and ordering goods at home). The solution to this problem is possible through the use of various social programs that reduce digital inequality between generations. When teaching people of “the third age”, it is necessary to take into account age-related psychophysiological features, use explanatory-illustrative and reproductive methods.