COVID-19 has called into question the delivery format of face-to-face courses in all educational levels: U3A are not an exception. Most U3A were forced to close its doors. And unlike the universities...
U3As and Virtual Reality
There are still some problems regarding the use of new technologies, such as virtual reality (VR) by the elderly, although VR is increasingly used by seniors. There are many applications of VR to seni...
Digital Technology, Artificial Intelligence and U3As
UN report estimates that the number of people aged 60 or over will grow from 962 million worldwide in 2017 to 2,1 billion in 2050 and 3,1 billion in 2100. With increasing numbers of older people and a...
Digital technology, International Cooperation and Universities for the Elderly
Covid19 pandemic will increase the number of older people using digital technology. Senior citizens may have difficulties to activities of life as usual. They need to find adaptation and new ways of l...
The Heritage in Motion Project: The Role of Senior Citizens in the promotion of Heritage
Heritage, indeed, is an intergenerational link between the past, the present and the future that connects and aims to transfer the cultural and identitary values inherent to a society. In this interge...
The New Silk Roads and the Universities of the Third Age in Southern Europe
The Silk Road is an ancient network of trade routes between Asia and Europe. It takes its name from the most precious commodity that passed through it: silk....
THE NEW ROAD OF SILK AND SPANISH U3As
Spain is linked since the Middle Ages to the ancient Silk Road, since the city of Valencia constitutes the western end....
THE NEW SILK ROAD AND U3A, SLOVAKIA HEART OF EUROPE.
Silk Road has the ambition to connect 65 countries around the world and about 4.4 billion people. One of the important roles of the silk road is to connect China with Europe. ...