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Using the creative potential of older people in design
David FrohlichDigital World Research Centre
Thursday 20 January 2011
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Plan
• Motivation
• Project context
• Methodology
• Sandpit 1 – ‘Custom computer’
• Sandpit 2 – VR ‘Travel glasses’
• Conclusions
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Motivation
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Older people often portrayed as a design problem rather than a design resource….
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Older people often not the target market for design and therefore not involved
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Over 60s is a large and growing market
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‘Participatory design’
So how can we involve older people in the lifecycle of design?
Designconcepts
Real-worldActivity
Prototypes
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Stereotypical objections to participatory design with older people
• Lack of motivation
• Unfamiliarity with technology
• Comprehension of novel concepts
• Lack of concentration and stamina
• Lack of imagination
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Project context
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Sus-IT: Sustaining IT use by older people to promote autonomy and independence
• To strengthen capacity for effective participation of older people in ICT policy, research and design;
• to investigate potential of, and barriers to, sustained use of digital technologies by older people, from perspectives of a range of stakeholders;
• to explore potential solutions to overcome barriers andpromote and sustain autonomy and independence for older people;
• to generate research outputs which will influence policy,research and design, in ICT for older people.
http://sus-it.lboro.ac.uk/latestnews.html
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Sus-IT: Sustaining IT use by older people to promote autonomy and independence
• To strengthen capacity for effective participation ofolder people in ICT policy, research and design;
• to investigate potential of, and barriers to, sustained use of digital technologies by older people, from perspectives of a range of stakeholders;
• to explore potential solutions to overcome barriers andpromote and sustain autonomy and independence for older people;
• to generate research outputs which will influence policy,research and design, in ICT for older people.
http://sus-it.lboro.ac.uk/latestnews.html
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Methodology
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‘Sandpit’ workshops: extended focus groups with PC + non-PC owners of retirement age
Focus group Co-design session+
Concept re-designDramatic envisionmentPhysical and hands on demos
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Sandpit 1 – ‘Custom computer’
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Scenario 1 – Main concept
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Participants own (re-) designs
ROOM (6) X FORM (12) X FUNCTION (20)
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PC user re-design – Group C
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Sandpit 2 – ‘Travel glasses’
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Sandpit 2. Memory and identity concepts
Travel glasses Reminiscing Radio Story lamp
Everyone has places which are special to them… where they have lived and worked, were they visited family, where they went on holiday. Re-visiting these places often brings back many memories of the times spent in them. However it is not always possible to travel back in person. It might be too expensive, time consuming or challenging to make long trips in later life.
So imagine a pair of travel glasses which can transport you back to a special place. When you put them on it feels like you are back in the place itself and can look and move around in it. Now the place you see could be as it is today in the present time. Or your could turn a dial to go back to the place as it was when you knew it.
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Travel glasses hands on demo
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Re-designed glasses concepts –Non-PC group
•Goggle-like design to accommodate spectacles
•Superimpose old scenes on real life ones, based on old photos from personal or public archives
•Make other content available for new experiences such as extreme sports or travelling to other locations
Augmented-reality goggles
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Re-designed glasses concepts –PC group
•Add a camera and microphone to allow users to record their journey and make commentaries
•A USB or memory card slot was integrated for storage and transfer
•Live relay of images and sound to another (housebound) person wearing another pair of glasses
•Remote control to keep glasses lightweight
Wearable camera and videophone
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Conclusions
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Stereotypical objections to participatory design with older people
• Lack of motivationPunctual, polite, engaged. 80% return rate
• Unfamiliarity with technologySometimes a good thing
• Comprehension of novel conceptsNeed creative methods of concept envisionment
• Lack of concentration and staminaTake frequent breaks, tea and biscuits, lunch
• Lack of imaginationUntrue – see concepts. Needs facilitation in small groups
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Specific assets of older people in participatory design
• Honesty
• Humour
• Life experience
• Long technology history
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Educational effect of participation
For some Non-PC users, the session changed their perception on computers and ICT devices:
“I have learned a lot and my ideas have changed a bit to what they were, I mean for my form it says ‘have you got a computer?’, I put no, and it said why? And I put ‘because I don’t want one’. It changed my mind because these things are very interesting and I learned quite a lot today. Changed my ideas a little….I would probably reconsider getting one… ”
“I wasn’t really interested at all in computers as things but today, I’m quite intrigued about them I must say.”
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Acknowledgements
Sandpit 1Participants – Dundee University ICT drop-in CentreConceptual design – Sarah WoodsData analysis – Chris WoodsPlanning advice - Risto Sarvas, Sue VennTechnical input – Amr Ahmed, David Sloan, Colin Machin, Matthew AtkinsonWorkshop organisation – Paula Forbes, Lorna GibsonScriptwriting & direction – Maggie Morgan Actors – Iain Wotherspoon, Jane Nelson PeeblesFacilitation – Maggie MorganFilm production – David Goodall
Sandpit 2Participants – Age Concern GuildfordConceptual design and data analysis – Chris LimTechnical input and workshop facilitation – Amr Ahmed
Thanks also for encouragement and advice from other colleagues on the SUS-IT project from the Universities of Loughborough, Anglia Ruskin, Lincoln, Surrey, Dundee and Nottingham Trent.
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