what’s up: fostering intergenerational social interactions

What’s Up: Fostering Intergenerational Social InteractionsLifeparticipation Project @ FoSIBLE Workshop. COOP2012

Contacts: [ parra@disi.unitn.it ][ lifeparticipation.org ]

Marco Dianti, Cristhian Parra Fabio Casati, Antonella De Angelli

Happiness

Experiencing Life

Social Interactions

Contributing to Society

Life Participation Project

[ lifeparticipation.org ]

Problem

“Social isolation and decreased social participation of elderly”

“lack of social support and

relationships”

“not being able to benefit

from”

What’s Up Display

One Way Communication

What’s Up Life Share

What’s Up Communication

Smartphone applicationfor sending pictures and

text to the What’s Up DisplayAvailable for Android and iPhone

iPad applicationfor receiving pictures and

text sent from a smartphone with What’s Up Life Share

Supporting Social Wellbeing: Intergenerational Social Networking

Optional Two-Way

What’s Up Display Complexity Levels

4 Interfaces No buttons Request Feedback Complete

Groups Young-Old (65-74) Middle-Old (75-84) Old-Old (85+)

What’s Up Think Aloud Study

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPw-EkZSeps

Results

Older adults are not afraid (“with time, we can learn”)

The older the user, the more simple UI is preferred

Future Work

Intergenerational Sharing Behavior Study

Think Aloud Videos transcription and mental models extraction

Development: Synchronized Album Sharing Integration with Active Lifestyle Support sharing from the elders side Beyond: social network discovery from shared memories

(would something like this work?)

Thanks!

Questions?