Petrie, Helen orcid.org/0000-0002-0100-9846, Abdullah Sani, Zaidatol Haslinda, Swallow, David Mark orcid.org/0000-0001-7405-2370 et al. (1 more author) (2016) Three case studies on methods of working with older people in the design of new technologies. In: Universal Design 2016:Learning from the past, designing for the future (Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Universal Design, UD2016). IOS Press , Amsterdam , pp. 1-12.
Abstract
The proportion of older adults in the population is rapidly increasing and the proportion of younger adults to care for them is decreasing. Part of the solution to support older adults in living independently is to provide them with appropriate assistive technologies. To develop technologies that are effective for older adults we need methodologies that are appropriate for working with this user group. Yet there is little systematic research on how to work with older adults and how to adapt methods already used with younger adults. This paper reports on three case studies which investigated the use focus groups, expert evaluations and user evaluations with older adults. In the case of focus groups, the size of the focus group was investigated; for expert evaluations, an existing set of heuristics for evaluating apps for older adults was investigated; for user evaluations, a low-fidelity prototype design was evaluated using think-aloud protocols
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Item Type: | Proceedings Paper |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | The final publication is available at IOS Press copyright 2017. |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Computer Science (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 03 Jul 2017 13:45 |
Last Modified: | 16 Dec 2024 00:24 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | IOS Press |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:118512 |