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Joel Smith
Sep 7, 20232 min read
A Better Way to Learn Technology Skills
OnRamp Academy exists to provide the best technology training experience to as many people as possible. And it’s the professional and...
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Joel Smith
Sep 1, 20232 min read
Group Workshop Futility | Their best option is a terrible way to learn technology
Looking around for technology training for seniors what you’ll predominantly find, whether online or in-person, are group classes. If...
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Joel Smith
Aug 25, 20232 min read
“See grandma? See?” | The challenge of supporting seniors to use technology
Today’s seniors are well-and-truly digital migrants. Modern information and communication technology entered the scene later in their...
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Joel Smith
Aug 15, 20232 min read
The Telehealth Disconnect
The promise of telehealth to improve efficiencies and outcomes falls short in the face of wide-scale digital illiteracy.
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Joel Smith
Aug 9, 20232 min read
Isolated Seniors Could Be the Untapped Resource to Addressing an Ageing Future
Isolated Seniors Could Be the Untapped Resource to Address an Ageing Future.
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Joel Smith
Aug 1, 20232 min read
Public Education for Seniors?
By 2035 there will be more seniors than children in the United States. The trend is similar around the world. This will be a profound...
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Joel Smith
Jul 25, 20232 min read
Duty of Care In an Age of Digital Illiteracy
There’s a new illiteracy epidemic that threatens a population we care about deeply. But it’s not the ability to read. And it’s not...
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Joel Smith
Jul 19, 20232 min read
Boomer to Bust - The Consequences of Digital Illiteracy
The arrival of the computer technology revolution was not an exciting adventure for many Baby Boomers. Those born between roughly 1946...
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Joel Smith
Jul 11, 20232 min read
The Sandwich Generation Tech Privilege and Living Through the Technology Revolution
If you were born between 1965 and 1990 then congratulations, because you are in the current Sandwich Generation, unique in human history...
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Joel Smith
Jul 6, 20232 min read
Opening The Doors of Technology
If you’re reading this you’re very likely among the privileged earthlings who can describe themselves as Technologically and Digitally...
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