Designing Training and Instructional Programs for Older Adults

161Chapter eight: Methods and approaches to instruction and training

uses of animated stills may be especially useful in teaching older adults

about a topic, as the challenge in instructing older adults is often on ways

to induce deeper learning.

It should be noted that the animated stills need not be presented

in print media; they could also be presented as computer displays. The

advantage of print media is that the entire display world of materials is

present simultaneously for viewing. In contrast, the computer-display

environment constrains the presentation of animated stills into a series

of snapshots. Although the computer can be used to circumvent some

of these constraints, for example, by enabling static st ...