The elderly has been having their first contact with information systems through the Internet, and this contact involves some particularities. This article explores the interaction of a group of elderly people with the Internet, their interests and ways of learning, fears and difficulties, through an ethnography using participant observation and in depth interviews. The study showed the peculiarity of this group in learning (peer learning), the factors generating the interests, the difficulties and fears involved.
Internet; Interaction; Elderly; Peer learning
