Core Collection (Thomson Reuters); Scopus (Elsevier); Web of Science; Science Direct, and Cochrane. In addition, a manual search was also performed by reading the references of the primary studies included.

The inclusion criteria adopted were: primary articles that presented educational technology developed for people aged 60 or older living in the community, published by August 2018, in any language. The exclusion criteria were: editorials, theses, dissertations, review articles already selected when searching search in another database and that did not answer the research question.

For the database search, there was selection of descriptors present on the Health Sciences Descriptors (DeCS) and their English-language equivalents found on the *Medical Subject Headings* (MeSH) and CINAHL titles, as well as selection of uncontrolled descriptors, established according to controlled descriptor synonyms and by meanscomputers and touchscreen equipment by the elderly^[@B15]-[@B18]^. Among the studies belonging to this category, two studies tested individually their effects by comparison with standard interventions or by the use of the handout, and had their effects evaluated after a two-week follow-up^[@B15]-[@B16]^.In turn, a primary study compared the effects of technology on the elderly and young adults^[@B17]^. The process of software development and evaluation by the elderly was described in only one primary study^[@B18]^.

The results of the studies included in this category demonstrated positive effects with regard to the improvement of the outcomes tested. Nevertheless, the authors pointed out that the interventions presented required previous training of the elderly to use the equipment, in addition to a certain degree of schooling for manipulation.

The second category deals with the use