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Situated Make Tools for envisioning ICTs with ageing workers
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Copyright Year | 2007 |
| Abstract | In this paper we describe an approach to base the design of ICTs profoundly on the actual practice of ageing workers. The core challenge of the presented case study is to appropriately facilitate co-design activities with ageing workers, who have had no previous experience with the development of ICTs. The aim of the presented project was to enable the ageing workers to express their needs in a manner that would result in ideas highly relevant to them in their work. It was assumed that the workers, who engage in physical work such as cleaning and technical maintenance, would find it difficult to imagine novel ICTs and their possibilities. However, it was revealed that the ageing workers could understand new technical opportunities for them, and also envision new technologies that support their well-being and efficiency at work. The approach, which is based on the use of Sander's Make Tools, also helped to reveal the variegated attitudes that ageing workers have towards modern technologies. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://designresearch.uiah.fi/img/publib/include07_ylirisku_vaajakallio_FINAL.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
