In the following master's thesis, we deal with the adoption of older adults' smartphones usage. We set a goal to demonstrate the adoption process and the process of smartphone usage itself. In the theoretical part, we focused on the digital divide, digital literacy, and digital skills. The more important part of the master's thesis depicts the adoption and learning of the new technology, where we define what adoption is, and what is characteristic of the learning process in the context of general technology application and smartphone usage. Next, we highlight three models that address older adults' adoption and learning of smartphone technology usage. Based on these models, an empirical part is further constructed, where we collected the data in a qualitative manner. The research was conducted among older adults who have taken part or intended to take part in organized education on the use of a smartphone. With this study, we wanted to find out how the process of the adoption of smartphone usage takes place, and at the same time what the role of learning is, and how the learning process on smartphone usage is conducted. Finally, we asked ourselves whether older adults achieved the phase of fully embracing smartphone usage. Finally, we find that older adults are in the process of adoption of smartphone usage and that learning plays a major role in this process, as it is depicted as a specifically designed learning process to learn smartphone usage in older adults.
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