[chisigmail] Seminar - Older people's needs and how technology can help, Wednesday 16 January 2008

[Steve Howard]

> Older people's needs and how technology can help

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> In this talk Andrew will describe the lessons he has learned from the state

> provision in the UK of technology to support frail older people living

> independently. He will indicate how this falls short of what older people

> say that they need. Andrew will contrast this view of "technology to watch

> over you" with a view of "technology to connect you". The latter is

> exemplified by a design project involving digital jewellery that aims to

> facilitate intergenerational communication through virtual presence.

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> Andrew Monk is Director of The Centre for Usable Home Technology

> (http://www.cuhtec.org.uk) at the University of York. He is professor of

> Psychology and a Fellow of the British Computing Society. His work has been

> concerned with taking a user-centred approach to the design many kinds of

> information and communication technologies. Most recently this has taken the

> form of research on technological support for older people who wish to live

> independently.

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> Seminar details:

> The seminar will be held in IDEA Lab, Level 4 of the ICT Building.

> Time: 3-4pm Wednesday 16th of January

> 111 Barry Street, Carlton.

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> http://www.dis.unimelb.edu.au/research/groups/interactiondesign/seminars.html