Age-Appropriate Design of an Input Component for the Historytelling Project
General
Art der Publikation: Conference Paper
Veröffentlicht auf / in: IEA 2018 : Proceedings of the 20th Congress of International Ergonomics Association. Vol. V: Human Simulation and Virtual Environments, Work With Computing Systems (WWCS), Process Control
Jahr: 2019
Seiten: 672-680
Verlag (Publisher): Springer
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96077-7_73
ISBN: 978-3-319-96076-0
Authors
Friedemann Dohse
Abstract
As a result of the demographic change, the population of the older adults within our society increases steadily. If done right, information and communication technology offer great potential benefit for older users. Thus, we focus on a human-centered design approach for aging (HCD+). This Paper describes the development of an input component for the Historytelling project, a cooperative interactive platform for older adults to connect life stories with historic events and appreciate the potential for older adult’s life experience. We conducted a task analysis based on requirements for the Historytelling project and developed a high-fidelity prototype which was tested with eleven older adults. The prototype was valued highly overall but still had minor usability issues. Thus, we could show that a rather complex task such as telling a life story with various multimedia objects can be executed by older adults if they are integrated into the design process from early on.