software codesign with older people
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Paper presented at CUWAAT on designing with people for people.TRANSCRIPT
Software Codesign With Older People
Guy Dewsbury
Computing Department
Lancaster University
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Keyword in the title
WITH Not For or On Behalf Of
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Who did we work with?
Older People!
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Methods
Personas (rejected)
Cultural Probes
Technology Tours
Interviews
Observations
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Examples from the probes
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The Issues
Many participants felt isolated, alone, and
unable to seek company without resorting to
formal means
They wanted to know who else was in a
similar position
They wanted to communicate informally
They hated Computers and modern
technology
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The design challenge
To build an informal communication
software that was simple to operate,
fun to use, was not scary
To build in the ability to show who was
active and ‘on-line’
To extract the XP components from
their carcass and redeploy simply
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Some issues with design
What platform to use?
What hardware is suitable? What were the hardware requirements?
What do the participants what to experience from the tool?
How do they want to interact with it?
How can we make the product inclusive?
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The PAD prototype This is the
start screen
The
Software was written by Peter Bagnall
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User Trials
Throughout the
development
process we
liaised with our
users
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Some problems
Writing on the tablet
Talking with each other
SKYPE (www.skype.com)
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Freecard
A non-rules
based card
game
designed to
promote
interactions
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Freecard 2
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Person Centred Design
People first, last and inbetween
Is it better than other methods?
What are the limitations
How do you produce generic design?
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More information
To be available on
[email protected] [email protected]
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