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Chapter and Conference Paper
Privacy-Conscious Design Requirements to Support Older Adults’ Health Information Seeking
Older adults (OAs) are active seekers of health information, and increasingly doing so online. Recent research has revealed OAs’ motivations, approaches, concerns, and social resources that form their health i...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Understanding Older Adults’ Safety Perceptions and Risk Mitigation Strategies when Accessing Online Services
Older adults increasingly adopt the Internet for general daily activities that improve their quality of life. At the same time, media reports and public safety campaigns are raising awareness of increases in d...
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Article
Collaborating with Mature English Language Learners to Combine Peer and Automated Feedback: a User-Centered Approach to Designing Writing Support
300,000 immigrants move to Canada each year in search of better economic opportunities, and many have limited English language skills. Improving written literacy of newcomers can enhance education, employment,...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Mature ELLs’ Perceptions Towards Automated and Peer Writing Feedback
Mature English Language Learners (ELLs) learning to write in informal environments have little access to instructor feedback and must rely on other sources to support their writing development. While it is kn...
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Chapter
Field Studies of Interactive Technologies for Marginalized Users: A Canadian Ethics Policy Perspective
Human–computer interaction (HCI) is increasingly employing fieldwork to evaluate and study emerging technologies (e.g. mobile devices, digital assistants) or new contexts of use (e.g. vulnerable or digitally m...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Towards Technologically Assisted Mindfulness Meditation Practice in Older Adults: An Analysis of Difficulties Faced and Design Suggestions for Neurofeedback
Learning to meditate as an older adult can be difficult given the decreased ability to inhibit distractions in the elderly, and the important role of dealing with distractions in several types of meditation pr...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Speech-Enabled Intelligent Mobile Interfaces to Support Older Adults’ Storytelling Around Digital Family Pictures
Seniors’ needs or interests are often ignored in the design and development of new technologies, causing many new applications that may benefit them to be overlooked. Digital storytelling is one such emerging ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
An Information-Centric Framework for Mobile Collaboration Between Seniors and Caregivers that Balances Independence, Privacy, and Social Connectedness
Participating in intellectually and socially complex activities provides cognitive benefits to older adults [9]. Socially engaged seniors tend to live longer [8], experience fewer depressive symptoms, self-report...
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Article
Hidden in plain sight: low-literacy adults in a developed country overcoming social and educational challenges through mobile learning support tools
Illiteracy is often associated with people in develo** countries. However, an estimated 50 % of adults in a developed country such as Canada lack the literacy skills required to cope with the challenges of t...
