Designing photo gallery for elderly based on mental model / Nurfarhana Mohd Nor

Human Computer Interaction (HCI) evolve from only focusing on computer science research and development to user centered system development then recently to emotional and spiritual design of interfaces (Caroll, 2011). Nowadays, many developers become advent to design software and technology based on...

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Main Author: Mohd Nor, Nurfarhana
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Published: 2014
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spelling my-uitm-ir.638432022-08-08T00:03:45Z Designing photo gallery for elderly based on mental model / Nurfarhana Mohd Nor 2014-01 Mohd Nor, Nurfarhana Application program interfaces Application software Human Computer Interaction (HCI) evolve from only focusing on computer science research and development to user centered system development then recently to emotional and spiritual design of interfaces (Caroll, 2011). Nowadays, many developers become advent to design software and technology based on user's spiritual need and emotional requirement especially to older adults or elderly users. Prior to the design development, this research was conducted to primarily understand and identify requirement desired by elderly in browsing and organizing their personal photos. This research then developed Mental Model of elderly for Photo Gallery application. Lastly, this research designed a prototype of Photo Gallery for elderly based on Mental Model. This research applied empirical technique to collect data which focused on qualitative survey. The qualitative survey is done through questionnaire, interview questions, user study (usability) and also drawings. These methods are being adapted and improvised from previous project "Elderly User Mental Model of Reminder System" by Fariza Hanis Abdul Razak, Rafidah Sulo & Wan Adilah Wan Adnan. Four (4) personas were interviewed and their Mental Model drawings also gathered and observed. Besides that, designer's Mental Model also established in order to have some point of views of whom constructing the application. Both user's Mental Model and designer's Mental Model were then analyzed against seven (7) common design methods by Davidson consisting simplicity, familiarity, availability, flexibility, feedback, safety and affordances so that it can be mapped into ultimate Mental Model which being used as guidelines for prototyping phase. The significance of this research is to assist elderly browsing photos, organizing photos, input captions, create folders and manage their Photo Gallery easily. Besides, this research is to provide foundation studies for other researchers and HCI professionals on elderly Mental Modelling. And this research also to give a basis for designers who are working on producing new technology or application for elderly based on Mental Model. In the end, this research manages to develop a Photo Gallery for elderly based on Mental Model and achieve the three (3) objectives being set earlier. 2014-01 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/63843/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/63843/1/63843.pdf text en public masters Universiti Teknologi MARA Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences Wan Adnan, Wan Adilah (Dr.)
institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
collection UiTM Institutional Repository
language English
advisor Wan Adnan, Wan Adilah (Dr.)
topic Application program interfaces
Application software
spellingShingle Application program interfaces
Application software
Mohd Nor, Nurfarhana
Designing photo gallery for elderly based on mental model / Nurfarhana Mohd Nor
description Human Computer Interaction (HCI) evolve from only focusing on computer science research and development to user centered system development then recently to emotional and spiritual design of interfaces (Caroll, 2011). Nowadays, many developers become advent to design software and technology based on user's spiritual need and emotional requirement especially to older adults or elderly users. Prior to the design development, this research was conducted to primarily understand and identify requirement desired by elderly in browsing and organizing their personal photos. This research then developed Mental Model of elderly for Photo Gallery application. Lastly, this research designed a prototype of Photo Gallery for elderly based on Mental Model. This research applied empirical technique to collect data which focused on qualitative survey. The qualitative survey is done through questionnaire, interview questions, user study (usability) and also drawings. These methods are being adapted and improvised from previous project "Elderly User Mental Model of Reminder System" by Fariza Hanis Abdul Razak, Rafidah Sulo & Wan Adilah Wan Adnan. Four (4) personas were interviewed and their Mental Model drawings also gathered and observed. Besides that, designer's Mental Model also established in order to have some point of views of whom constructing the application. Both user's Mental Model and designer's Mental Model were then analyzed against seven (7) common design methods by Davidson consisting simplicity, familiarity, availability, flexibility, feedback, safety and affordances so that it can be mapped into ultimate Mental Model which being used as guidelines for prototyping phase. The significance of this research is to assist elderly browsing photos, organizing photos, input captions, create folders and manage their Photo Gallery easily. Besides, this research is to provide foundation studies for other researchers and HCI professionals on elderly Mental Modelling. And this research also to give a basis for designers who are working on producing new technology or application for elderly based on Mental Model. In the end, this research manages to develop a Photo Gallery for elderly based on Mental Model and achieve the three (3) objectives being set earlier.
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title Designing photo gallery for elderly based on mental model / Nurfarhana Mohd Nor
title_short Designing photo gallery for elderly based on mental model / Nurfarhana Mohd Nor
title_full Designing photo gallery for elderly based on mental model / Nurfarhana Mohd Nor
title_fullStr Designing photo gallery for elderly based on mental model / Nurfarhana Mohd Nor
title_full_unstemmed Designing photo gallery for elderly based on mental model / Nurfarhana Mohd Nor
title_sort designing photo gallery for elderly based on mental model / nurfarhana mohd nor
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
granting_department Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences
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url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/63843/1/63843.pdf
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