Poptoys: Playing and Tradition to Promote Intergenerational Experiences Through a Digital App

Viviane Peçaibes, Andreia Pinto de Sousa, Rute Mata João

Resultado de pesquisarevisão de pares

Resumo

Intergenerational contact bridges the generation gap. It is a collaborative process where all generations generate ideas, share knowledge, and interactively improve skills, attitudes, and values, fostering equality, tolerance, and mutual respect. On the other hand, popular Portuguese toys have a historical and anthropological significance, preserving the local knowledge, traditions, and customs of the population, particularly those related to agricultural culture and nature. We created POPToys to promote intergenerational contact with popular Portuguese toys through virtual environments in this context. This application was developed using the human-centred design methodology: we conducted user research and created personas, context scenarios, functional, information, context, user, and experience requirements. Wireflows were developed to define the interaction, navigation, and information architecture. Finally, a high-fidelity prototype was designed, and the prototype’s usability was evaluated through a moderated test. The tests were carried out with two groups of participants: five children aged between 6 and 10 and five older adults over 65 with an average level of digital literacy. We can identify some navigation errors, information architecture and visual design inconsistencies, and some aspects to improve the user experience; it also revealed that both children and older adults found the experience fun and exciting. We realise that this digital play intervention brought the children closer to the over-65s as technology-enabled intergenerational relationships.

Idioma originalInglês
Título da publicação do anfitriãoHuman Aspects of IT for the Aged Population - 10th International Conference, ITAP 2024, Held as Part of the 26th HCI International Conference, HCII 2024, Proceedings
EditoresQin Gao, Jia Zhou
EditoraSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Páginas243-260
Número de páginas18
ISBN (impresso)9783031615450
DOIs
Estado da publicaçãoPublicadas - 2024
Evento10th International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, ITAP 2024, held as part of the 26th HCI International Conference, HCII 2024 - Washington
Duração: 29 jun. 20244 jul. 2024

Série de publicação

NomeLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume14726 LNCS
ISSN (impresso)0302-9743
ISSN (eletrónico)1611-3349

Conferência

Conferência10th International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, ITAP 2024, held as part of the 26th HCI International Conference, HCII 2024
País/TerritórioUnited States
CidadeWashington
Período29/06/244/07/24

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