THE LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE ACTIVITIES TO COMMUNITY DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TO THAILAND 4.0 FOR THE ELDERLY PEOPLE OF PATHUMTHANI PROVENCE

Abstract

Thailand Development 4.0 Policy and Strategy brought the technology and
innovation for living which affected to the elder due to the lack and inaccuracy of knowledge
in using technology, then the integration project on research and academic services for
community to promote using the technology and digital services would create a learning for
244 representatives of elder club in Pathumthani province. The project was aimed to assess the
elder’s knowledge and competency in using digital technology, and the readiness of valueadded product and services included the effective distribution. The findings revealed that the
elder were interested in this project especially whom with the knowledge of community product
and services to learn the new technology and marketing for the real distribution. There were 2
phases of learning result; Phase 1: Creating the knowledge and understanding of Thailand 4.0
economic concept which emphasized on applying the technology for online product and
services included assessment of 244 elders in using digital technology where indicated that the
average of knowledge and understanding was 3.77 and standard deviation was 0.845, and
Phase 2: In-depth training for creating the prototype and passing on the knowledge included
creating the value-added community product and services of 38 elders through the online
distribution where indicated that the average of knowledge and understanding was 3.82 and
standard deviation was 0.865.