Mobile AgeCI: Potential challenges in the development and evaluation of mobile applications for elderly people
Diewald S, Geilhof B, Siegrist M, Lindemann P, Koelle M, Halle M, Kranz M (2015)
Publication Type: Conference contribution
Publication year: 2015
Journal
Publisher: Springer Verlag
Book Volume: 9520
Pages Range: 723-730
Conference Proceedings Title: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Event location: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, ESP
ISBN: 9783319273396
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-27340-2_89
Abstract
Designing mobile applications for elderly users can be very challenging. Their heterogeneous prior knowledge and abilities make user-centered design processes difficult. For that reasons, some measures are necessary to make the applications usable the majority of elderly people and to get useful feedback during the evaluation. In this paper, we summarize central challenges we faced during the user-centered development of a mobile fitness application for seniors. We address differences in interaction, trust issues, fears, functional complexity, and aspects of motivation. Based on these experiences, we present suggestions that can be useful for the future development and evaluation of mobile (fitness) applications for elderly people.
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APA:
Diewald, S., Geilhof, B., Siegrist, M., Lindemann, P., Koelle, M., Halle, M., & Kranz, M. (2015). Mobile AgeCI: Potential challenges in the development and evaluation of mobile applications for elderly people. In Franz Pichler, Roberto Moreno-Díaz, Alexis Quesada-Arencibia (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) (pp. 723-730). Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, ESP: Springer Verlag.
MLA:
Diewald, Stefan, et al. "Mobile AgeCI: Potential challenges in the development and evaluation of mobile applications for elderly people." Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Computer Aided Systems Theory, EUROCAST 2015, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, ESP Ed. Franz Pichler, Roberto Moreno-Díaz, Alexis Quesada-Arencibia, Springer Verlag, 2015. 723-730.
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