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AGILE Interface for ‘No-Learning Nor Experience Required’ Interaction

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User Modeling and Adaptation for Daily Routines

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The wide variety of technological devices is a barrier to satisfactory usage and learning over all. Different types of interface element distribution and dissimilarities of their functionalities, even in the same category of products under the same brand, can steepen the learning curve to effective device operation. Interface design can be understood as a mechanism for the adequacy of the technological environment to substantially improve performance, satisfaction and life of the user with special requirements. Based on an inclusive paradigm, we aim to improve the usability, accessibility and satisfiability of the interface for a specific group of users, such as novice elderly, to benefit all types of users in their daily lives. The requirements derived from a holistic analysis of user, goals and context lead to the introduction of the AGILE Interface (Assisted Guided Interaction with no Learning nor Experience required). This interface is the pillar of a new interaction style designed to assist and guide users with specific needs owing to age and non-Information and Technology experience. In the context of present-day technology interactions, the ultimate goal of this work is to move beyond out of date user stereotypes to tailor appropriate interface design adapted to realistic and specific user demands.

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Acknowledgments

Martinez is grateful for support from the Alison Armstrong Studentship at Abertay University. We are grateful to Sensomotric Instruments (Teltow, Germany) SMI [58] for assistance with the use of eye-tracking equipment (especially to Stefanie Gehrke and Jose Barreiros); also, for extensive training received by Richard Lilley from Tracksys Ltd. (Nottingham, UK). Special thanks to María Ángeles López at the Centro de Salud Nueva Málaga (Málaga, SPAIN) and to Purificación Roldán at the Educación Permanente SEPER (Málaga, SPAIN) for their effective collaboration in the elderly user testing. Besides, thank to Dr Paula Forbes and all the members of the User Centre Group of the University of Dundee (Dundee, UK), who were a profound motivation for the development of this work. This research has been inspired by the European Project FP7 iAGE, in which authors from Abertay University contribute.

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  1. Centre for Psychology, School of Social and Health Sciences, University of Abertay Dundee, Bell Street, Dundee, DD1 1HG, UK

    Santiago Martinez & Kenneth C. Scott-Brown

  2. Lenguajes y Ciencias de la Computación, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Industrial de Málaga, Universidad de Málaga, Edificio de Ingenierías, C/Doctor Ortiz Ramos s/n. Campus de Teatinos, Málaga, 29071, Spain

    Antonio L. Carrillo

  3. Lenguajes y Ciencias de la Computación, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería de Telecomunicación, Universidad de Málaga, Campus de Teatinos s/n, Málaga, 29071, Spain

    Juan Falgueras

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Martinez, S., Carrillo, A.L., Scott-Brown, K.C., Falgueras, J. (2013). AGILE Interface for ‘No-Learning Nor Experience Required’ Interaction. In: Martín, E., Haya, P., Carro, R. (eds) User Modeling and Adaptation for Daily Routines. Human–Computer Interaction Series. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4778-7_5

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