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~~~~~~~ BRITISH HCI GROUP NEWS SERVICE ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ http://www.bcs-hci.org.uk/ ~~ ~~ All news to: [log in to unmask] ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ NOTE: Please reply to article's originator, ~~ ~~ not the News Service ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call for papers Special issue of Behaviour and Information Technology -- Designing Computer Systems for and with Older Users. Special issue editors: Anna Dickinson and Peter Gregor, Applied Computing, University of Dundee. As the proportion of older people in the population of the developed world is rapidly increasing while technology plays an ever more important role in daily life, it is imperative to consider the relationship between these factors. While computer technology presents an important avenue for providing support to the ageing population, simultaneously, significant disposable incomes also means that the older population offers a sizeable market opportunity for the IT entertainment and education industry. These opportunities will not be utilized unless the technology meets actual needs in appropriate ways and can be used effectively. There is little evidence that older people are particularly averse to using new technologies if those technologies are appropriately designed and introduced. There is, however, evidence that standard technologies are often inappropriately designed for older people and can present barriers to use. There has been a relatively recent upsurge in interest in this area, which is encouraging, but there are factors which are currently under-explored in this field. Central among these is investigating issues of technology acceptability and appropriateness, often within the context of day-to-day life. Such investigation, which is likely to involve a dialogue with older people, is problematic. How, for example, can communication about technology be facilitated with individuals who have no experience of the domain? What methodologies exist for establishing, managing and analyzing such dialogue? For this special issue we are looking for papers which focus on the impact that computer technologies have on older people, whether that is an effect of the introduction of technologies (either positive or negative) or ways of eliciting information about likely impacts as part of the requirements gathering or design process. Papers can describe the development of software or services, but in the context of introducing or evaluating the use of innovative development cycles, evaluation techniques or methods of engagement. Deadline for abstracts: 10th May 2006. The deadline for full paper submissions is June 10th 2006. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ To receive HCI news, send the message: ~~ ~~ "JOIN BCS-HCI your_firstname your_lastname" ~~ ~~ to [log in to unmask] ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ Newsarchives: ~~ ~~ http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/bcs-hci.html ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ To join the British HCI Group, contact ~~ ~~ [log in to unmask] ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~