Engaging the Disengaged: How do we Design Technology for Digitally Excluded Older Adults?

Coleman, Graeme, Gibson, Lorna, Hanson, Vicki L., Bobrowicz, Ania, Mckay, Alison (2010) Engaging the Disengaged: How do we Design Technology for Digitally Excluded Older Adults? In: Proc. 8th ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems. . pp. 175-178. ACM, New York (doi:10.1145/1858171.1858202) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:27901)

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Abstract

Amongst older adults, recent evidence suggests the most commonly stated reason for non-adoption of digital technologies is a lack of interest, rather than affordability or difficulty. This directly impacts upon the design community, both in terms of technologies we design for such groups to adopt, and the design methods we use for exploiting the untapped creativity and innovation amongst people who are not particularly interested in the outcome. This paper explores issues of technology non-acceptance amongst older adults, and reports on work designed to incorporate the values of older adults within the design process. We present the results of a series of interviews conducted with disengaged older adults, presenting the key themes found within a subset with these interviews.

Item Type:	Conference or workshop item (Paper)
DOI/Identification number:	10.1145/1858171.1858202
Subjects:	Q Science > QA Mathematics (inc Computing science) > QA 76 Software, computer programming, > QA76.9.H85 Human computer interaction
Divisions:	Divisions > Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences > School of Engineering and Digital Arts
Depositing User:	J. Harries
Date Deposited:	09 Jun 2011 13:13 UTC
Last Modified:	05 Nov 2024 10:09 UTC
Resource URI:	https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/27901 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Bobrowicz, Ania.

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