Gwangju Buk-gu Operates Visiting Digital Experience Zones at Senior Centers

On the 24th, Buk-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City announced that it will operate a 'Visiting Digital Experience Zone' for elderly people who are digitally vulnerable.

This project was prepared to strengthen the utilization capabilities so that all residents can enjoy the benefits of digital technology and services amid the acceleration of unmanned and non-face-to-face digitalization across society.

Accordingly, Buk-gu will provide experience and education to elderly people unfamiliar with digital devices by touring 33 senior centers selected through a demand survey from this month until November.

At the senior centers where the Digital Experience Zone is operated, digital devices frequently encountered in daily life such as kiosks, AI speakers, smart scales, and smart pads will be installed, and experts in each field will be assigned to conduct digital competency enhancement experience education tailored to the level of the elderly.

In particular, to resolve the daily inconveniences experienced by elderly people who cannot use digital devices, education on how to use kiosks, which are common in restaurants, cafes, and hospitals, will be focused on.

A Buk-gu official said, “We have operated this experience zone so that elderly people can easily and enjoyably experience and learn digital devices that they are not familiar with,” adding, “We will continue to discover and promote various policies to strengthen residents' digital utilization capabilities.”

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