Early User Involvement in the Development of
Information Technology-Related Products for Older People
Abstract
The UTOPIA project (Usable Technology for Older People - Inclusive and
Appropriate) is focused on developing effective methods for the early
involvement of older people in the development of Information
Technology-related products for people aged sixty and over, and on
providing industry with tools to assist in the development of
Information Technology products for such older people. An essential
part of this methodology is building a diverse user-base, forming a
long-lasting partnership with older people, and developing approaches
for effective interaction with this target user group. Our experiences
with eliciting information from groups of older people about
technology is described together with a report on seminars for
Scottish Industry designed to raise awareness of these issues.
The full paper
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BibTeX citation
@Article{eism*04,
author = "R. Eisma and A. Dickinson and J. Goodman and A. Syme and
L. Tiwari and A. F. Newell",
title = "Early User Involvement in the Development of Information
Technology-Related Products for Older People",
journal = "Universal Access in the Information Society",
volume = 3,
number = 2,
month = Apr,
year = 2004,
pages = "131--140"}
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