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Explains the U3A Digital Mentoring Program and PEER model, showing how peer-based support can help older adults build digital confidence, skills and independence.

Reflects on sharing Shaping Connections research with aged care practitioners and stakeholders, translating evidence into practical conversations about older adults, technology and service delivery.

Examines ageism in marketing and the missed opportunity created when brands stereotype or overlook older consumers, highlighting the value of more age-inclusive and co-designed approaches.

Shares a call for research contributions exploring ageing, technology and digital inclusion, supporting wider academic collaboration and the development of evidence in this growing field.

Examines the role local councils can play in building digital literacy and confidence among older adults through community engagement, accessible support and locally responsive programs.

Explores the double-edged role of digital technology in later life, showing how it can strengthen connection and participation while also creating barriers that contribute to isolation.

Explores eldragogy, peer learning and age-inclusive approaches to education, considering how older adults can build confidence and capability through learning that recognises their experience and strengths.

Explains the research behind Shaping Connections' interactive tools and how they help older adults and organisations explore perceived risk, confidence and other barriers to digital inclusion.

A snapshot of Shaping Connections research, publications, partnerships and project activity during 2023, showing how the program continued to build evidence and practical impact around digital inclusion.

A reflection on lifelong learning, ageing and eldragogy, considering how education can value accumulated experience while supporting continued participation and growth in later life.

Explains how the EMPOWER Framework and its design principles support meaningful participation by older adults in shaping research, services and technology that affect their lives.

Shows how community events and lived experiences can create practical opportunities for older adults to build digital confidence, learn from others and engage with technology in supportive settings.

Explores how partnerships with community organisations, educators and industry can create more effective learning opportunities and practical support for older adults building digital capability.

Considers how digital technologies, including emerging tools and connected systems, can support aged care services while highlighting the need for inclusive, secure and people-centred implementation.

Looks at how older adults are using social media and digital platforms, and what growing participation reveals about digital skills, confidence and the diversity of older technology users.

Explores how older adults develop digital skills through formal learning, lived experience and social support, and why confidence and ongoing learning are central to digital participation.

Explores research identifying different pathways through which older adults learn, adopt and build confidence with digital technology, including peer learning and self-directed socialisation.

Explores technology trends shaping ageing and health, including digital health, AI, telehealth, remote monitoring and smart-home technologies, and their implications for older adults.

Explores differences in digital capability across the workforce and why inclusive workplace strategies should recognise varied experience, confidence and learning needs rather than assume one level of digital competence.

Looks at international thinking on age-friendly cities, longevity and technology, and how urban environments can better support participation, independence and quality of life as populations age.