DocumentCode
921870
Title
Supporting relationship maintenance for elders and family living abroad
Author
Gonzalez, Victor M. ; Rodriguez, Marcela D. ; Santana, Pedro C. ; Favela, Jesus ; Castro, Luis A.
Author_Institution
Manchester Univ., UK
Volume
5
Issue
2
fYear
2006
Firstpage
47
Abstract
A user-centered design approach based on ethnographic interviews and prototype evaluations, our research group envisioned a home-based pervasive communication system. The Electronic Family Newspaper (EFN) facilitates communication between elders and their families living abroad. The system is a blogging tool that operates on a tablet PC. Family members can access the system through any Web browser. The EFN lets users share messages, attach pictures, and create news sections, and elders can play the included memory game (based on revealing pairs of pictures).
Keywords
Internet; geriatrics; information resources; ubiquitous computing; user centred design; EFN; Electronic Family Newspaper; Web browser; blogging tool; ethnographic interviews; home-based pervasive communication system; relationship maintenance support; tablet PC; user-centered design approach; Blogs; Prototypes; User centered design; emerging economies;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Pervasive Computing, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1536-1268
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MPRV.2006.38
Filename
1626206
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