Involving Older Adults in the Design and Development of Free/Open Source Software

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作者：
Davidson, Jennifer L. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Oregon State Univ, Sch Elect Engn & Comp Sci, Corvallis, OR 97331 USA
来源：
2013 IEEE SYMPOSIUM ON VISUAL LANGUAGES AND HUMAN-CENTRIC COMPUTING (VL/HCC 2013) | 2013年
基金：
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词：
free/open source software; older adults; participatory design; human-computer interaction;
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中图分类号：
TP3 [计算技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号：
0812 ;
摘要：
The world's population is greying. There are more older adults now than ever before, and it is expected that this population will grow rapidly in years to come. In addition to this rapid growth in the population of older adults, there is also rapid growth of free/open source software projects (FOSS). Despite the increasing diversity of FOSS's user base, FOSS's developer base is quite homogeneous, comprised mainly of 20-something year old males. This lack of diversity could be detrimental to the community, as many voices of end users are not heard. I aim to increase age diversity in free/open source software communities by investigating how to involve older adults. My research deliverables are as follows: a list of benefits and barriers of involving older adults in FOSS, guidelines for involving older adults in FOSS, and a prototype workshop curriculum for encouraging successful participation to FOSS by older adults.
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