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Senior-friendly technologies: interaction design for senior users

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Henry Been-Lirn Duh,

Ellen Yi-Luen Do,

Mark Billinghurst,

Vivian Hsueh-Hua ChenAuthors Info & Claims

CHI EA '10: CHI '10 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Pages 4513 - 4516

https://doi.org/10.1145/1753846.1754187

Published: 10 April 2010 Publication History

Abstract

The elderly represent a valid group of users who can potentially benefit greatly from engaging with technology, such as healthcare systems or playing digital games. Yet, less attention has been given to the significance of senior citizens as technology users, as compared to the common younger population. In an effort to fill in the gap, this workshop aims to investigate the design of technology for senior citizens. To provide for more focused, thus more productive discussion, we will use elderly mobile phone games as a case in point here. The overarching objective is to understand what can help to make for better and more meaningful use of interactive applications and technology by the elderly, for instance, games on the mobile phone.

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Senior-friendly technologies: interaction design for senior users
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Interaction design
    1. Interaction design process and methods
      1. User centered design

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CHI EA '10: CHI '10 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

April 2010

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ISBN:9781605589305

DOI:10.1145/1753846

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Elizabeth Mynatt
Georgia Institute of Technology
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Don Schoner
Georgia Institute of Technology
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Vienna University of Technology
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Carnegie Mellon University
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Georgia Tech
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