UTOPIA Workshop - Downloads
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Powerpoint Presentations (and other downloads):
- Jim McEwan (Keynote)
- Older people and ICT from the perspective of Scottish Power.
(119KB)
- Alan Fraser (Keynote)
- Older people and ICT from the perspective of the Scottish Executive's 21st Century Government unit. (322KB)
- Alex Carmichael
- What is an 'average' user? (2,427KB)
Alex gave an overview of the age-related
changes older people experience which can impact on their ability to deal with
interfaces to interactive services.
Style Guide for the Design of Interactive Television Services for Elderly Viewers
(1,316KB)
- Digital Media Access Group
- Web Accessibility and Legislation: just
what is it you have to do? (74KB)
David Sloan and Lorna Gibson from DMAG discussed the importance of web accessibility
with reference to the DDA and demonstrated easy to implement ways to ensure
the accessibility of websites.
- Rosine Eisma
- Involving older users in product development (2,235KB)
Rosine, an experienced application developer of systems for 'non-typical' users and
the research leader of the UTOPIA project, talked about various aspects of
involving older users in product development.
Rosine Eisma - Annotated presentation slides in pdf format (319KB)
- Nick Hine
- Home-based telecare (594KB)
Nick Hine explored the role of
tele-care technology as a means of promoting independence and enhancing the
quality of care in the home. The interests of the older person, their informal
and their formal carers were explored, as well as the capabilities of the
technologies and the ethical issues that the deployment of these technologies
raises.
- MetaMedia
- Insight-driven web design for older people (369KB)
This presentation described how to gain insights that can help
deliver quality web sites i.e. those with content that users value, and
which are quick and easy to access. This is something that is universally
desired and valued by all users, but has even more of an impact for older
people.
- Alan Newell
- UTOPIA: Technology for Older People (1,177KB)
Alan is the head of the UTOPIA project; in this session he outlined the
aims and achievements of the group since the project's inception at the
beginning of 2001.
- Mick Smith
- Handling Application Complexity (855KB)
An expert consultant from Fujitsu Consulting talked about the technical and design
challenges of developing software that is suitable for older people.