Presentation of the paper "Enabling Community Participation of Senior Citizens through Participatory Design and ICT" at the Community Informatics Research Network Conference held in Prato, Italy in November 2012.

1. Enabling Community Participation!
of Senior Citizens through Participatory Design and ICT!
Cristhian Parra. Vincenzo D’Andrea. Giulia Giacomin!
Community Informatics Conference 2012 #cirn12!

2. From Web-Engineering and
Data Knowledge Management to
Social Informatics

3. ICT for Well-Being and a focus on
Older Adults

4. www.life

5. Lifeparticipation Example
What’s Up

6. ow can we approach
Social Interactions?
We needed a better understanding o
The Elderly World

7. Research Questions
What type of information and activities would elderly
share using ICT?
What difficulties and challenges do they encounter using
ICT?

8. Research Questions
How can we answer our questions using an approach that
is as respectful as possible of the people involved,
treating them as research collaborators instead of
research subjects?

9. The need for a Participatory Approach

10. Participatory
Laboratory of
ICT for Elderly
30 Participants
Most aged between 65 and 74
50% at the end
50% returned in the 2nd edition

11. Brainstorming
What activities are
needed to support a
magazine
What do they know
What do they expect
to learn

12. Topics of Interest
Pictures. Pictures. Pictures.
Writing stories
The Internet
Interestingly, Blogging.

13. Weekly scheduling with their participation
3 months. 10 Sessions. Open Office. Internet Browsing. Blogging.

14. The Blog

15. 32 posts/month
9 active authors
Not too much commenting
Pair Writing
Recipes
Excursions
Poetry
Short Stories
Social Report

16. Follow-Ups
Participatory Design Workshops

17. Follow-Ups
Participatory Design Workshops
16 concrete Design Mistakes
e.g. mixing sliding and buttons
21 usability notes
e.g. make borders thicker and disable touching in them

18. The Result
Community Participation

19. General Learning
ICT can foster Cultures of Participation (for example,
around a blog)
Participatory Approach enables trust relationships.
Diversity of Elderly is wide, and they can be very
participative provided the means for participation

20. ICT Design Learning
Step-by-Step sequential interfaces are preferred
Desire for sharing their knowledge and stories
Love to work in pairs

21. Future Work
How to sustain participation?
A second edition of the lab
More workshops
Participatory Design of one ICT tool
The Mockup: http:/
/www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpwRr_aKq4E

22. Thanks for listening!
Questions?