Assessing eLearning for Taking up Social Challenges: A Fitness Online Course for Senior Citizens

摘要

In this paper, we investigate whether a novel kind of online course on fitness designed to take into account specificities of elderly people and integrating wearable trackers can motivate senior citizens to exercise more in a sound way and help improve their physical condition. The design principles of the online course including content, gamification elements and wearable fitness trackers are described, as well as a first evaluation with 20 participants. The results of the analysis of the users' interactions are promising.