enabling community participation of senior citizens
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Presentation of the paper "Enabling Community Participation of Senior Citizens through Participatory Design and ICT" at the Community Informatics Research Network Conference held in Prato, Italy in November 2012.TRANSCRIPT
Enabling Community Participation!of Senior Citizens through Participatory Design and ICT!
Cristhian Parra. Vincenzo D’Andrea. Giulia Giacomin!Community Informatics Conference 2012 #cirn12!
From Web-Engineering and Data Knowledge Management to
Social Informatics
ICT for Well-Being and a focus on
Older Adults
www.lifeparticipation.org
Lifeparticipation Example
What’s Up
How can we approach
Social Interactions?
We needed a better understanding of
The Elderly World
Research Questions
What type of information and activities would elderly share using ICT?
What difficulties and challenges do they encounter using ICT?
Research Questions
How can we answer our questions using an approach that is as respectful as possible of the people involved,
treating them as research collaborators instead of research subjects?
The need for a Participatory Approach
Participatory Laboratory of ICT for Elderly
30 Participants
Most aged between 65 and 74
50% at the end
50% returned in the 2nd edition
Brainstorming
What activities are needed to support a
magazine
What do they know
What do they expect to learn
Topics of Interest
Pictures. Pictures. Pictures.
Writing stories
The Internet
Interestingly, Blogging.
Weekly scheduling with their participation
3 months. 10 Sessions. Open Office. Internet Browsing. Blogging.
The Blog
32 posts/month
9 active authors
Not too much commenting
Pair Writing
Recipes
Excursions
Poetry
Short Stories
Social Report
Follow-Ups
Participatory Design Workshops
Follow-Ups
Participatory Design Workshops
16 concrete Design Mistakes
e.g. mixing sliding and buttons
21 usability notes
e.g. make borders thicker and disable touching in them
Community Participation
The Result
General Learning
ICT can foster Cultures of Participation (for example, around a blog)
Participatory Approach enables trust relationships.
Diversity of Elderly is wide, and they can be very participative provided the means for participation
ICT Design Learning
Step-by-Step sequential interfaces are preferred
Desire for sharing their knowledge and stories
Love to work in pairs
How to sustain participation?
A second edition of the lab More workshops
Participatory Design of one ICT tool
The Mockup: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpwRr_aKq4E
Future Work
Thanks for listening! Questions?