TY - GEN
T1 - Understanding Older Adults' Participation in Design Workshops
AU - Pradhan, Alisha
AU - Jelen, Ben
AU - Siek, Katie A.
AU - Chan, Joel
AU - Lazar, Amanda
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 ACM.
PY - 2020/4/21
Y1 - 2020/4/21
N2 - Design workshops are a popular means of including older adults in technology development. However, there are open questions around how to best scaffold this participation, particularly in supporting older adults to associate their designs with themselves, rather than designing for an "other older adult." By conducting workshops focusing on envisioning the future of internet of things (IoT) technologies at home, we provide an understanding of how older individuals participate in group activities to conceptualize technology for themselves. We find that at different stages of the design process, individuals shift in who they envision the end user of the technology: At first, they think about common older adult needs, then turn to designing for themselves. Individuals' attitudes towards technology also impact group dynamics along with final design ideas. Our discussion contributes to an understanding of how to support older adults in designing for themselves, new perspectives on aging-in-place technologies, and recommendations for configuring design workshops with older individuals.
AB - Design workshops are a popular means of including older adults in technology development. However, there are open questions around how to best scaffold this participation, particularly in supporting older adults to associate their designs with themselves, rather than designing for an "other older adult." By conducting workshops focusing on envisioning the future of internet of things (IoT) technologies at home, we provide an understanding of how older individuals participate in group activities to conceptualize technology for themselves. We find that at different stages of the design process, individuals shift in who they envision the end user of the technology: At first, they think about common older adult needs, then turn to designing for themselves. Individuals' attitudes towards technology also impact group dynamics along with final design ideas. Our discussion contributes to an understanding of how to support older adults in designing for themselves, new perspectives on aging-in-place technologies, and recommendations for configuring design workshops with older individuals.
KW - co-design, iot
KW - design workshops
KW - older adults
KW - participatory design
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U2 - 10.1145/3313831.3376299
DO - 10.1145/3313831.3376299
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85091280992
T3 - Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
BT - CHI 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
T2 - 2020 ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2020
Y2 - 25 April 2020 through 30 April 2020
ER -