Guiding Technology Design to Empower Older Adults to Actively Engage in Society

Harris, Maurita T.; Nie, Qiang; Rogers, Wendy A.

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“…One question is "What is the research about?" HF/E research can help to understand both equity threats and solutions (Benda & Bisantz, 2019;Harris et al, 2019). However, research agendas, funding priorities, and policies are established by the people who were included-not by those who were excluded-with dire consequences (O'Neil, 2016;Perez, 2019).…”

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Designing For Diversity: Implications for Research and Practice

Wooldridge

Roscoe

et al. 2020

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual

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The Diversity Committee of HFES has led sessions at the Annual Meeting for the past three years focused on improving diversity, equity and inclusion in the society as well as providing support to human factors and ergonomics (HF/E) researchers and practitioners who aim to apply HF/E knowledge and principles to improve diversity, equity and inclusion through their work. In this panel, we bring together researchers actively engaged in designing technology and systems by considering issues of diversity, equity and inclusion to share insights and methods. Topics include the thoughtful design of sampling strategies and research approaches, alternative and participatory methods to understand the impact of automation and technology on equity, scoping design problems to be inclusive and equitable through interdisciplinary partnerships, and the application of sociotechnical system design and team science to develop interdisciplinary teams. By sharing our experiences, we hope to prepare others to successfully approach these topics.

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Designing For Diversity: Implications for Research and Practice

Wooldridge

Roscoe

et al. 2020

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual

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“…al., 2021). Focusing on a population for example, older adults as a group are diverse in many domains (e.g., demographics, technology access, and aging into/with a disability) resulting in a plethora of differences when it comes to their needs and capabilities (Harris et al, 2020). As such, it is important to engage a diverse population to prevent design decisions based on overly generalizing on one population.…”

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Looking at Participant Engagement for Product Design Through a Critical Lens

Harris,

Harrington,

Oduor

et al. 2023

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual

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Human factors focus on taking the users’ capabilities, limitations, and environment into consideration when developing products. Thus, it is essential to have diverse perspectives and voices when designing products to be used by a variety of users. However, this is not always done and can be a missed opportunity in developing inclusive products. In this panel, we bring together researchers from different sectors to discuss challenges and strategies to engage a diverse research population at different stages in the product design process. Topics include research planning and the design process; data collection methods; and community- and participant-level recruitment. We hope that by sharing our experiences, we can prepare others to have the conversations needed that will allow them to successfully approach these topics.

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“…Finally, engineers possess their own beliefs and attitudes (Sheu et al, 2018; Slaton, 2015; Stump et al, 2014). Engineers’ personal preferences influence proposed solutions (Kinsey et al, 2020; Mohanani et al, 2020), and their beliefs influence how the needs of diverse users are included (e.g., designing technology for older adults; Harris et al, 2019) versus excluded during development (e.g., algorithmic bias in educational technology; Baker & Hawn, 2022).…”

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Teaching psychology to future engineers.

Roscoe¹,

Siegle²,

Arnold³

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Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology

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Human needs and goals are integral to engineering, but human-centered engineering requires understanding principles and methods from the social sciences. Instruction is needed to introduce engineering students to these concepts. This study explored (a) students' initial attitudes toward human systems engineering (HSE) and the bridging of psychology and engineering and (b) how attitudes shifted over one semester. Undergraduate students responded to a survey of their attitudes and conceptions at the beginning (n = 215) and end (n = 146) of a semester. Students reported high perceived value for human-centered engineering, and these attitudes remained stable or increased. Students gained in their perceived understanding of psychological concepts and usercentered design, their ability to define HSE, and ability to articulate the value of humancentered engineering. Introductory coursework in Human Systems Engineering may thus help to prepare engineering students to appreciate the psychological underpinnings of their work and engage in human-centered engineering.

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Guiding Technology Design to Empower Older Adults to Actively Engage in Society

Cited by 4 publications

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Designing For Diversity: Implications for Research and Practice

Designing For Diversity: Implications for Research and Practice

Looking at Participant Engagement for Product Design Through a Critical Lens

Teaching psychology to future engineers.

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