Software Codesign With Older People
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This document summarizes research into co-designing software with older people. Cultural probes, technology tours, interviews and observations were used as methods. The research found that older people felt isolated and wanted a simple way to communicate informally with others. A prototype called PAD was developed that allowed informal chatting and included a non-competitive card game to promote social interaction. User trials identified some challenges around using the tablet interface and video chatting software. The research promoted a person-centered design approach and more information is available on the listed website and contact.
Software Codesign With Older People
- 1. Software Codesign With Older People Guy Dewsbury Computing Department Lancaster University CWUAAT April 11th 2006 Guy Dewsbury g.dewsbury@lancaster.ac.uk
- 2. Keyword in the title WITH Not For or On Behalf Of CWUAAT April 11th 2006 Guy Dewsbury
- 3. Who did we work with? Older People! CWUAAT April 11th 2006 Guy Dewsbury
- 4. Methods Personas (rejected) Cultural Probes Technology Tours Interviews Observations CWUAAT April 11th 2006 Guy Dewsbury
- 5. Examples from the probes CWUAAT April 11th 2006 Guy Dewsbury
- 6. 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 CWUAAT April 11th 2006 Guy Dewsbury
- 7. 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 CWUAAT April 11th 2006 Guy Dewsbury
- 8. 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? CWUAAT April 11th 2006 Guy Dewsbury
- 9. The PAD prototype This is the start screen The Software was written by Peter Bagnall CWUAAT April 11th 2006 Guy Dewsbury
- 10. User Trials Throughout the development process we liaised with our users CWUAAT April 11th 2006 Guy Dewsbury
- 11. Some problems Writing on the tablet Talking with each other SKYPE (www.skype.com) CWUAAT April 11th 2006 Guy Dewsbury
- 12. Freecard CWUAAT April 11th 2006 A non-rules based card game designed to promote interactions Guy Dewsbury
- 13. Freecard 2 CWUAAT April 11th 2006 Guy Dewsbury
- 14. Person Centred Design People first, last and inbetween Is it better than other methods? What are the limitations How do you produce generic design? CWUAAT April 11th 2006 Guy Dewsbury
- 15. More information To be available on www.smartthinking@ukideas.com g.dewsbury@lancaster.ac.uk CWUAAT April 11th 2006 Guy Dewsbury