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Call for Papers for Special Edition of "Interacting with Computers"
'Inclusion and Interaction: Designing Interaction for Inclusive Populations with Products Containing Computer Technology'
Guest Editors:
Pat Langdon, Engineering Design Centre, University of Cambridge
Harold Thimbleby, Future Interaction Technology Laboratory, Swansea University
The Call
Research in Inclusive Design involves developing new theories and methods for supporting design for the widest possible population for a given range of capabilities and product demands. This special edition focusses on the consequent considerations for interaction with products containing an ICT component, in the synergistic contexts of greater inclusion and the ageing population.
Papers are solicited describing quantitive or qualitative research addressing inclusion aspects of people's interaction with products with an ICT component, written from an interaction/HCI, accessibility or design perspective. This includes healthcare and daily living products that contain processors and displays as well as telecoms, gaming and online products. Papers may be theoretical or experimental but outcomes should relate to the design, evaluation and use of such products
Key themes include but are not restricted to:-
. Inclusive Interaction versus accessibility
. The cognitive considerations of wider inclusion on product use
. The role of prior experience and intuitive design for inclusive products
. Incorporating inclusion in ICT programming and design
. The inclusive social context of ICT product interactions
. The design of ICT healthcare products and systems for inclusive ageing and impairment
Motivation
In the context of demographic changes leading to a greater number of older people, the general field of inclusive design research strives to relate the capabilities of the population to the design of products by better characterising the user. By 2020, almost half the adult population in the UK will be over 50, with the over 80's being the most rapidly growing sector. Inclusive populations contain a greater variation in sensory, cognitive and physical user capabilities. These variations may be rapidly changing leading to a demanding design environment that requires close attention to conflicting user requirements and a better understanding of user capability. As a result, interaction design for future generations of products containing ICT will need to be inclusive. Combining HCI with an inclusive approach to user-centred design should form a novel and useful multi-disciplinary framework for investigating inclusive product use.
Inclusion in Design as a Multidisciplinary Focus
Research into accessibility in interface design has always represented an unconventional, multi-disciplinary arena, indicating the necessity to bring together a number of pragmatic disciplines, such as assistive technology, mechanical and electrical systems design, computer interface design, and medical and rehabilitation practice. It has moved from isolated activities in disparate fields, such as engineering, occupational therapy and computer science, to a more unified and holistic perspective evident today in areas such as inclusive design. As a result of this, there is a need for the transfer of knowledge and techniques from inclusive design research into the HCI community; and secondly, there is also a requirement for research that can relate complex interactions with a product containing an ICT component to inclusion in a variety of social settings. Input from inclusive tools and methods during the early stages of ICT design in a form that programmers can use is clearly a desirable goal.
Some Salient Research Themes
The relationship between the user's capabilities and their environment has long been considered in the context of assistive technology. Newell (1995) for example considers the equivalence of ordinary interactions impaired by extreme situations and impaired individuals in ordinary situations. Design should focus on the extraordinary or impaired first, accommodating mainstream design in the process (Newell & Gregor, 1997). Many products today are laden with a host of features which for the majority of users remain unused and often obscure the use of the simple features of use for which the product was devised (Norman, 2002; Keates & Clarkson, 2004). Since the target cognitive capabilities anticipated by the designers are often similar to their own demographic and largely not affected by age-related cognitive impairment, the cognitive demand made by such products are frequently high (Blackler, Popovic & Mahar, 2003; Langdon, Lewis & Clarkson, 2007b). In addition, the age and technology generation of a product user will colour their expectations of the product interface and the range of skills they have available to deploy (Freudenthal, 1999; Docampo-Rama, 2001). New products are often an evolution of a previous design or make strong reference to products that have gone before them. Interaction design and usability has focussed on instantaneous interaction but the effects of prior experience are also evidently important.
Important Dates
10th December Paper Submission Deadline (online)
6th March Notification to Authors
1st April Paper Revision Submission Deadline (online)
3rd may Return of Second Reviews Deadline (online)
7th May Notification to authors
31st May Final Revision Deadline;
7th June 2010 Final Papers to Elsevier Science V22 no 5.
Papers should not have been submitted or published elsewhere but could be extended or refined versions of conference papers with significant new, original material. All papers will be refereed according to the guidelines of the journal: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/525445/description#description
The Editors
Dr Pat Langdon is Lead researcher in inclusive design at the EPSRC Institute of Manufacturing Research Centre at the University of Cambridge Engineering Department. He also manages the currently funded inclusive design research consortium i~design 3, led by the Cambridge Engineering Design Centre. He examines the Kings College London and Guy's Hospital Intercollegiate MSc in Assistive Technology and teaches Human Factors for Safety Engineering in the Nuclear, Rail and Aerospace industries.
Harold Thimbleby is Professor of Computer Science, Swansea University. He directs the Future Interaction Technology Laboratory, FIT Lab . He is currently a Royal Society-Leverhulme Senior Research Fellow. His recent work on decimal point errors and displays on syringe infusion pump, interactive medical devices shows how interaction programming using rigorous formal processes can be used in conjunction with user-centred methods and processes to increase safety.
Further Information and Enquiries
Dr Pat Langdon
Engineering Design Centre
Cambridge University Engineering Department
Trumpington Street Cambridge CB2 1PZ United Kingdom
Phone: +44 1223 766959
Mobile: +44 7767 880815
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