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Attributes of successful intergenerational online activities

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Verena Fuchsberger,

David Wilfinger,

Manfred TscheligiAuthors Info & Claims

ACE '11: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology

Article No.: 50, Pages 1 - 8

https://doi.org/10.1145/2071423.2071486

Published: 08 November 2011 Publication History

Abstract

Changing family structures and associated geographical distances between family members lead to a transfer of offline activities to online environments to maintain and facilitate the relationships. Especially in the case of grandparents and grandchildren this is crucial both for grandparents to be included in family activities and grandchildren to benefit from their grandparents' experiences and time. In order to create successful, i.e. appropriate and entertaining intergenerational online activities, we identified attributes of offline activities conducted by grandparents and grandchildren, which can be applied to interactive systems as well. During a user requirements analysis phase end users were involved to assess the most important activities as well as the communication behavior and the characteristics of relationships between grandparents and grandchildren. Finally, 13 attributes of entertaining activities have been deduced, which focus on the structure, the appearance and the users' goals as well as on special characteristics of the user groups.

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Beuthel JBentegeac PFuchsberger VMaurer BTscheligi MKaltenbrunner MMurer MWolf KOakley I(2021)Experiencing Distance: Wearable Engagements with Remote RelationshipsProceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction10.1145/3430524.3446071(1-13)Online publication date: 14-Feb-2021
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Fuchsberger VBeuthel JBentegeac PTscheligi MKitamura YQuigley AIsbister KIgarashi TBjørn PDrucker S(2021)Grandparents and Grandchildren Meeting Online: The Role of Material Things in Remote SettingsProceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3411764.3445191(1-14)Online publication date: 6-May-2021
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Attributes of successful intergenerational online activities
1. Human-centered computing

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ACE '11: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology

November 2011

562 pages

ISBN:9781450308274

DOI:10.1145/2071423

General Chairs:
Teresa Romão
FCT/UNL, Portugal
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Nuno Correia
FCT/UNL, Portugal
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Masahiko Inami
Keio University, Japan
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Organizing Chairs:
Eduardo Dias
FCT/UNL, Portugal
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Teresa Chambel
FC/UL, Portugal
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Program Chairs:
Hirokasu Kato
Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
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Rui Prada
Instituto Superior Técnico/UTL and INESC-ID, Portugal
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Tsutomu Terada
Kobe University, Japan

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Fuchsberger VHofer LCiolfi LHogan TDöring TJenkins Tvan Dijk JHuron SLi ZCoyle DSigner B(2024)Remote, but Tangible: Activities for Grandparents and Grandchildren across Physical SpacesProceedings of the Eighteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction10.1145/3623509.3635260(1-7)Online publication date: 11-Feb-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3623509.3635260
Beuthel JBentegeac PFuchsberger VMaurer BTscheligi MKaltenbrunner MMurer MWolf KOakley I(2021)Experiencing Distance: Wearable Engagements with Remote RelationshipsProceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction10.1145/3430524.3446071(1-13)Online publication date: 14-Feb-2021
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3430524.3446071
Fuchsberger VBeuthel JBentegeac PTscheligi MKitamura YQuigley AIsbister KIgarashi TBjørn PDrucker S(2021)Grandparents and Grandchildren Meeting Online: The Role of Material Things in Remote SettingsProceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3411764.3445191(1-14)Online publication date: 6-May-2021
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3411764.3445191
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