AI Skills for Older Adults
Opportunities to learn in person around the country via OpenAI Academy & Senior Planet
Barbara Fillip's People Care Insights
Insights at the intersection of aging well, technology (including digital literacy and AI), and lifelong learning.
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Which Older Adults Are Being Studied?
What voice-assistant research reveals about selection, support, and context
Skills for Life
Looking Beyond Digital and AI Literacy Skills
AI and Aging: Study First, But Study Seriously
Why older adults deserve AI tools designed around agency, safety, connection, and evidence
Thinking With Machines (Part 4)
Cognitive Stewardships in the Age of AI
Thinking with Machines (Part 3)
What I am Observing in My Own Practice
Thinking with Machines (Part 2)
Where the Literature Led Me
Thinking with Machines (Part 1)
Insights from a Cognition Learning Sprint
Designing for Agency
Sustaining Human Engagement Across Changing Conditions
From "Agency Drift" to an Agency Audit
A practical tool for noticing erosion, friction, and dependency
Agency Drift
How self-direction quietly narrows in later life
The Myth of the "50+ User" (Part 2)
If not age, then what?
The Myth of the "50+ User" (Part 1 of 2)
What the Research Actually Shows
Looking Ahead: Rethinking AgeTech
Seven themes to explore
AgeTech as a Living System
A systems view of aging and technology, distilled from more than 50 short essays published over the past year.
A Year of Writing: AI Identifies Coherent Threads
When Machines Smooth What Humans Leave Rough
Maintaining Agency in an Age of AI
A practical framework for learning, deciding, and staying self-directed as the environment accelerates
From Exposure to Understanding
A more intentional way to keep learning after the session ends
From Intentional Learning to Learning Sprints
Three Situations Where Structured Learning Sprints Can Help
Intentional Learning in the Age of AI
From accumulation to completion